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The Fix Is In
04/13/05
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(NME) Indie labels are planning to fix this week's UK SINGLES CHART, published on April 17.

For the first time this week legal downloads are eligible for the UK Top 40, but some in the music industry believe this will make the chart open to rigging, and aim to prove their point by fixing this week's poll.

According to Gut Records' Guy Holmes, unnamed labels will use multiple downloads to push songs up the chart to demonstrate how open to abuse they believe the new system is. [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story

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