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The Disc Makers Medley is an essential item that can duplicate any DVD or CD that you own. It is quickly becoming a very useful tool for busy office environments. The only thing it doesn’t do for you is create a great cd sleeve to go with it.

The Disc Makers Medley DVD/CD publisher is described as a low cost, easy-to-use automated disc printing and burning system, all packed into a fairly small housing. As well as offering automated ripping and bulk duplication (up to 50 discs), it also has graphics software that allows you to easily create full-colour designs for your discs. It also integrates with iTunes and Windows Media Player to automate audio disc ripping.

US webcasters will face sharp rises in royalty fees that could be “fatal” to the nascent industry, a coalition of web broadcasters has predicted. The increases will begin on May 15th and will eventually charge royalties every time an online listener hears a song. The decision to instell these fees was made by a panel of judges who threw out requests to overturn an earlier ruling.

Public and commercial broadcasters claim it will force cuts to services used by an estimated 50 million people. “If these rates stand. I believe we’ll see a virtual shutdown all of US webcasting,” wrote Kurt Hanson, CEO of AccuRadio, on the SaveInternetRadio.org blog. “That will be bad for listeners, webcasters, musicians, and the record industry alike.”

Apple Inc. stated that it has sold 100 million units of its iPod, with the Cupertino, Calif.-based company declaring the product is “the fastest-selling music player in history.” Since the first iPod was sold in November 2001, the device has become a defining icon in the portable music world and can be seen everywhere.

The iPod has changed the way many music lovers acquire, store and listen to music, the company said. “Without the iPod, the digital music age would have been defined by files and folders instead of songs and albums,” musician John Mayer said in an Apple news release.