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FCC denies industry bid to delay cable box rule (Reuters via Yahoo! News) - U.S. regulators turned down a request by the cable television industry to delay new rules designed to open up the market for cable TV set-top boxes.

Rough sailing for state's boating industry (MLive.com) - WASHINGTON -- The undertow of Michigan's lagging economy and high gasoline prices are tugging at the state's boating industry. Boat sales and registrations in Michigan are down over the last couple of years, and boating experts say that's largely due to the state's economic woes.

Industry welcomes FSA listing proposals (FT.com via Yahoo! News) - The investment trust industry on Friday gave its stamp of approval to proposals for a new listing regime covering alternative investment funds, following a long-running battle with the Financial Services Authority over whether existing rules were too lax.

China: China Starts New Exchange for Game Industry and Others (Addict 3D) - Along with animation and cartoon assets, the Chinese government is trying to give the game industry a boost by launching asset trading on the Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange (SUAEE) (in partnership with China 's National Center for Animation, Cartoon and Game Industry).

Music industry offers Internet royalty cut (Los Angeles Times) - The music industry offered to cut some of the new royalty fees on Internet radio broadcasters that are scheduled to take effect July 15 in a bid to end a dispute between the two sides.

Prince Album Freebie Draws Industry Ire (ContactMusic) - The decision to give singer Prince's new album away with every copy of the Mail on Sunday in the UK has been condemned by the music industry.

Eben Moglen on the Global Software Industry Post-GPL3 (Slashdot) - Dan Shearer writes "Three days before GPLv3 was released, Eben Moglen delivered the annual lecture of The Scottish Society of Computers and Law in Edinburgh, Scotland giving his thoughts on 'The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3.' The text transcription, audio and 384kbit video are up at archive.org. Eben looks back at the 'legislative action' achieved by the GPLv3 community ...

State of the Industry: Weathering Economic Change (Embroidery Monogram Business) - As businesses reeled from hurricane damage and high energy prices in late 2005, some segments of the decorated apparel industry fared better than others.

iPhone may not rock music industry (The Pantagraph) - LOS ANGELES -- Carlos Gomez could be the recording industry's ideal mobile music customer. His phone is his music player of choice and he spends about $100 a month buying songs for it - often on impulse after hearing a tune on his car radio.

Industry says it'll help grouse (Casper Star-Tribune) - While the oil and gas industry in Wyoming is talking about borrowing good ideas from the coal industry on sage grouse conservation, environmentalists warn that this might be the last chance for Wyoming to save the imperiled bird before it's listed as threatened or endangered under the federal Endangered Species Act.