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Digital Music: Is a New Day Dawning? |
Microsoft has agreed to pay Universal Music Group a percentage of the sales of its new portable media player, a move that represents a big departure from the industry standard set by Apple. Universal Music, a unit of Vivendi, will receive a royalty on the Zune player in exchange for licensing its recordings for Microsoft's new digital music service, the companies said Wednesday. Universal, which releases recordings from acts like U2 and Jay-Z, said it would pay half of what it receives on the device to its artists.

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