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  • ‘Coke’ Dealers Boldly Peddle Drugs on Sidewalks of Broadway

    10/15/2022 10:11:06 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 37 replies
    Things have gotten so bad in New York City that drug dealers are brazenly selling what appears to be cocaine — sometimes neatly assembled on sidewalk tables — on Broadway in trendy NoMad and farther north in Times Square. Some of the drug-slingers openly solicit, saying, “Weed, coke. Weed, coke” as pedestrians walk by, a disgusted local restaurateur said. The Post observed two different buyers approach dealers on the corner of West 27th Street and Broadway earlier this month and hand over cash in exchange for plastic baggies containing a mysterious white substance.
  • Online music piracy 'destroys local music'(oh noze! government help needed combat "cultural desert")

    01/27/2010 10:51:52 AM PST · by a fool in paradise · 25 replies · 515+ views
    BBC News ^ | Page last updated at 13:16 GMT, Thursday, 21 January 2010 | no byline
    ...The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) says that global government legislation is essential to the sector's survival. It cited Spain as an example of a country which does not have laws in place to prevent illegal downloads. The sales of albums by local artists there have fallen by 65% in five years. Federation chairman John Kennedy said the situation in Spain is now "almost irreversible". "Spain runs the risk of turning into a cultural desert," commented Rob Wells, Senior Vice President, Digital, at Universal Music Group.... "Drastic action needs to be taken in order to save the Spanish...