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The Wu

The Wu-Tang Clan announce they’ve cleared the first-ever legal Beatles sample, and then get shot down by, well, everyone, since it turns out the track actually “reinterprets” the sample, which makes this what we call a “cover.” But the song’s still great.

Arcade Fire pull a Radiohead, as it were: the band have launched a cryptic website, beonlineb.com, that announces something interesting will happen on October 6th. Hey, that’s tomorrow! Rumors are swirling that it’s a Neon Bible remix album of some sort (“beonlineb” is an anagram of “neon bible”), possibly involving tour mate James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem.

The Sex Pistols may record new material in the wake of their live reunion tour. The band will play seven dates in the UK as well as a special radio show in Los Angeles, and are reissuing “God Save the Queen” on Monday.

A federal jury has found a Minnesota woman guilty of copyright infringement for using online music sharing services and fined her $222,000. Wired’s “Threat Level” blog has the list of the 24 tracks that each cost Jammie Thomas over $9,000; it includes Vanessa Williams, Goo Goo Dolls and Richard Marx.