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	Battle of Cowpens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Cowpens was one of the many engagements between the Americans and the British during the Southern campaign during the American Revolution.
		Along with the British defeat at Battle of King's Mountain, Cowpens was a decisive blow to Cornwallis, who would have defeated much of the remaining American resistance had Tarleton won Cowpens.
		As a result, the battle set in motion a series of events leading to the British pyrrhic victory at Guilford Court House and the eventual Patriot victory at Yorktown.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Cowpens (1864 words)

	Boston.com / Business / Downhill Battle wages uphill fight vs. music industry
		This month, Downhill Battle is sending a belated Christmas present to the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America, two Washington-based industry lobbying groups.
		Downhill Battle opposes the lawsuits that the two groups have filed against technologies like BitTorrent and Napster, as well as more than 7,000 individual users of file-sharing software.
		So in December, Downhill Battle decided to launch its own fund-raiser for three digital rights defense groups, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation: For every $100 donated to the groups, Downhill Battle would send one lump of coal each to the RIAA and the MPAA.
	www.boston.com /business/globe/articles/2005/01/10/downhill_battle_wages_uphill_fight_vs_music_industry (449 words)

	Downhill Battle - Music Activism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Downhill Battle is a non-profit organization working to support participatory culture and build a fairer music industry. Learn More.
		Downhill Battle is a non-profit organization working to break the major label monopoly of the record industry and put control back in the hands of musicians and fans.
		Downhill Battle launched in August 2003 to create a public voice that could counter the distortions of the RIAA and the major record labels.
	www.downhillbattle.org (4397 words)

	Wired News: Eyes on the Prize Hits P2P
		Downhill Battle enlisted the help of a group called Common Sense Releasers to digitize the series and convert it to MPEG-4 format for distribution on the internet.
		She added that Downhill Battle will solicit donations for Blackside as well.
		She said Blackside does not endorse what Downhill Battle is doing, and the late Henry Hampton -- the filmmaker who founded Blackside and produced
	www.wired.com /news/digiwood/0,1412,66410,00.html (739 words)

	AlterNet: MediaCulture: An Uphill Struggle and Downhill Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Downhill Battle's view of the four-label monopoly (Sony/BMG, EMI, Universal, and Warner) is perhaps best summed up in an essay featured on their site entitled "The Problem With Music," which was written by Steve Albini, the record producer who was responsible for Nirvana's In Utero, among others.
		Downhill Battle's war on copyrights couldn't have been better timed, with issues of intellectual property laws taking center stage and copyright cases spinning out of control.
		While the internet and organizations like Downhill Battle have made file sharing easier, and have publicized copyright cases to the point that record labels cannot quietly bully independent artists, these suits are not going away any time soon.
	www.alternet.org /mediaculture/21434 (1275 words)

	boycott-riaa.com - Article: Downhill Battle fights RIAA
		The founders of Downhill Battle see online file sharing as a beginning of a new and legal distribution system for music, not the widespread problem that the RIAA insists it is. "The organization works with musicians, music fans, artists and designers around the world," its web site states.
		Downhill Battle lists on its web site six reasons why major record labels should be diminished, such as a growing diversity, the end of pay-for-play radio and lawsuits on individuals.
		Though it is illegal, Downhill Battle says that major labels often pay radio stations for airplay for its bands, which means that mediocre music signed to a major label may get played instead of better, but independent music.
	www.boycott-riaa.com /article/15732 (514 words)

	iTunes iSbogus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Downhill Battle is about why major label domination of music needs to end.
		Downhill Battle has articles, interviews, news, and free music propaganda.
		Downhill Battle is not associated with Apple Computer or iTunes Music Store in any way.
	www.downhillbattle.org /itunes (2382 words)

	Macworld: News: TuneRecycler takes unwanted winning iTunes/Pepsi codes
		They're calling it Tune Recycler; Downhill Battle will use it to take some of the unwanted winning codes from among the 100 million being given away and use them to buy "quality music from honest independent labels," according to group member Holmes Wilson.
		And if you want to use the code for yourself, Downhill Battle asks you to consider whether the song you're downloading is put out by a company that's part of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
		Downhill Battle also promises to provide a list of artists whose albums they will purchase songs from with those codes.
	www.macworld.com /news/2004/01/30/tunerecycler/index.php?pf=1 (407 words)

	Downhill Battle - SourceWatch
		Downhill Battle is an ambitious young activist group "working to end the major label monopoly and build a better, fairer music industry", through boycotts and civil disobedience of copyright law.
		Downhill Battle has engaged in a number of campaigns.
		Downhill Battle is also engaged in freeware development, with a focus on p2p tools as well as tools for non-profits (such as donation and store back ends).
	www.sourcewatch.org /index.php?title=Downhill_Battle (276 words)

	Windows update hits file-sharing networks \| Tech News on ZDNet
		The software maker declined to comment specifically on Downhill Battle's action but reiterated that it feels the best way for consumers to get SP2 is to turn on the Automatic Upgrade feature in Windows and wait for the update to be pulled down automatically.
		Downhill Battle's effort plays on the fact that although the SP2 code was released to PC makers last week, Microsoft has said it will not be available for manual download until later this month.
		Indeed, what Downhill Battle is distributing is not the individual PC download of the upgrade--which is still not available--but rather the network installation kit that Microsoft released on Monday for IT professionals.
	news.zdnet.com /2100-3513_22-5304254.html (1014 words)

	Schlueterica » Downhill Battle (An open letter to music thieves)
		Let’s assume that the worst that Downhill Battle claims is true, and Mr.
		Let’s just say, that Downhill Battle got it’s way, and tomorrow, there were no “Big record companies.” Guess what - there’s also almost no chance in hell that most of your favorite musicians can afford to pay the bills without getting a second job.
		The most insulting thing about this is the assumption that marketing is not “real” work, and that taking a risk with an investment does not entitle someone to the rewards of that risk.
	isaacschlueter.com /2004/07/downhill_battle (2287 words)

	Moving at the Speed of Creativity » Blog Archive » Downhill Battle
		Downhill Battle’s “reasons to get rid of the major record labels” include:
		If Downhill Battle has not already been sued for their “iTunes iSbogus” webpage, I wouldn’t be surprised if a suit isn’t pending.
		An RSS feed from Downhill Battle is also available.
	www.speedofcreativity.org /2006/01/04/downhill-battle (381 words)

	AlterNet: An Uphill Struggle and Downhill Battle
		Money was not a motive: "The idea of getting attention for this case seemed worthwhile, but not making a profit." To that end, all proceeds from Hwang's eBay auction were slated to go to Downhill Battle, a nonprofit organization devoted to music activism.
		Downhill Battle even took their fight against music censorship a step further, creating Banned Music to share music being censored by record companies.
		While Downhill Battle's mission has primarily been to give parity to independent record labels and airtime to their artists, they have also come to the aid of other artists struggling against copyright laws.
	www.alternet.org /story/21434 (1259 words)

	News & Features \| Fight songs
		For a little more than a year, Wilson and Reville, along with Downhill Battle full-timers Tiffiniy Cheng, Nick Nassar, and Rebecca Laurie, plus a number of loosely affiliated musicians, designers, programmers, and activists, have been working to effect that change through creative and provocative projects that speak the language of their peers.
		The members of Downhill Battle are no strangers to social-justice activism, having worked on fair-trade and anti-sweatshop issues, and engaged in community organizing in Worcester.
		The folks at Downhill Battle want to bust through such contrivances, and believe that efforts such as theirs can only improve the quality of music.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/news_features/other_stories/multi-page/documents/04210246.asp (1035 words)

	KPUA.net - KPUA Hawaii News - Bicycles in downhill battle with motorists on Maui
		Bicycles in downhill battle with motorists on Maui
		HONOLULU (AP) _ One of the biggest traffic problems on Maui is coming down to a downhill battle between bicycles and motor vehicles.
		Tour operators that haul bikes to the top for a thrilling sunrise ride down the winding, two-lane volcano road are estimated to generate more than 12 (m) million dollars a year.
	www.kpua.net /news.php?id=7023 (142 words)

	WP: U.S. faces uphill battle in downhill - Alpine skiing - MSNBC.com
		The first Alpine ski race here in this mountain village isn't until Sunday, when the men's downhill competitors will point their skis toward the bottom of the Kandahar Banchetta course and, less than two minutes later, will soar over the final bump toward the finish line, where some 7,000 fans will pack the temporary stands.
		The competition for the final downhill spots here shows that, finally, the team isn't pinning all its hopes on just one skier.
		But very few would remember that he was the top American 2002 Olympic downhiller at Salt Lake City -- when he finished ninth -- and is a bit of an underdog after missing two straight seasons with injuries.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/11264559 (884 words)

	Keeping fit is now a downhill battle - Science - www.theage.com.au
		Going downhill is eccentric muscle work, such as extending your arm or actively resisting stretching, which happens when you step down.
		The researchers were surprised to find that hiking downhill removed blood sugars and improved glucose tolerance, while uphill hiking mostly improved levels of fats called triglycerides.
		Dr Gerald Fletcher, a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, said the findings could be applied in the real world: People who work in office buildings, for example, could take the stairs one way and the elevator the other, depending on what their exercise goals were.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2005/01/07/1104832272388.html (455 words)

	Free Press : An uphill struggle and downhill battle
		Downhill Battle’s co-director, Holmes Wilson, seemed even more upset by Apple’s flexing of corporate muscle, lamenting the fact that there wasn’t a “public process” to eBay’s removal of Hwang’s doctored iPod.
		In 2004, when EMI attempted to censor Danger Mouse’s Grey Album, which sampled both Jay Z’s Black Album and the Beatles’s White Album, Downhill Battle staged a day of civil disobedience to promote the album, which they called Grey Tuesday.
		EMI claimed a copyright on the White Album (which has been disputed by legal analysts at the Electronic Frontier Foundation), and threatened Downhill Battle and other sites attempting to share the album.
	www.freepress.net /news/7098 (1318 words)

	Spymac.com - Social Online Community Network :: News :: Upward movement for Downhill Battle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On Super Bowl Sunday, when Mac fans celebrated the start of the Pepsi/iTunes promotion, Downhill Battle, "a music activism project that's working to bring positive change to the music industry," launched a campaign of a different sort.
		Downhill Battle’s Tune Recycler, aims to collect some of the estimated 80 million unclaimed songs and filter that corporate money to the artists who need it most.
		Even without the Pepsi promotion (which ends Wednesday), Downhill Battle is determined to get their message out through any means necessary.
	www.spymac.com /news/article.php?contentid=250 (486 words)

	Wired News: Remixing to Protest Sample Ruling
		"It's a ridiculous standard," said Nicholas Reville, co-founder of Downhill Battle, which organized the 3 Notes and Runnin' protest.
		Downhill Battle is hosting the samples on its site, and Reville said the group will probably create a top-10 list of the best submissions.
		He is not worried about being sued for this project because the new works should be protected by fair use -- the music has been created for noncommercial purposes and one could argue it is a form of parody, he said.
	www.wired.com /news/digiwood/0,1412,65037,00.html (869 words)

	OEbase (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Well, we are pleased to announce that we have now spread our OE tentacles all the way east to embrace the good folks at Downhill Battle, based in Massachusetts.
		Downhill Battle is run by two great guys, Nicholas Reville and Holmes Wilson, and they are dedicating the current portion of their busy young lives to actively challenging the wisdom of the major label recording system and the heinous RIAA.
		Nicholas and Holmes agreed to have our player on their site (http://www.downhillbattle.org) and we gave them a specially customized version that does not include any music from RIAA labels.
	www.oebase.com /blog.asp?id=581 (193 words)

	It's a downhill battle for skiers' spots in Olympic sun - Sport - smh.com.au
		Powder monkey … a super G and giant slalom competitor, Brad Wall, during early morning training on Zali's Run at Perisher Blue.
		Bear, who has just recovered from two shattered knees and a high-speed fall that snapped his arm earlier this year, has started a gentle - by his standards - meander down the steep slope.
		Bear, the downhill master who was in top 10 positions on the world cup circuit before his spectacular falls, hopes to regain his touch in time to qualify for February's Torino Olympics.
	www.smh.com.au /news/sport/its-a-downhill-battle-for-skiers-spots-in-olympic-sun/2005/07/24/1122143729636.html (637 words)

	Fenwick & West Represents Downhill Battle in Fight to Make Eyes on the Prize Available : Fenwick & West LLP
		After the short-term rights expired about a decade ago, it became impossible, as a practical matter, to purchase or distribute further copies of the film.
		Downhill Battle, along with some concerned former leaders of the Southern Civil Rights Movement, initiated the campaign to promote nation-wide public screenings of the documentary.
		Fenwick & West has provided pro bono counsel to Downhill Battle about the copyright and fair use issues involved, and—after Blackside, Inc., which owns the copyrights in the series, charged Downhill Battle with copyright infringement—Fenwick & West represented Downhill in negotiating a resolution of the dispute.
	www.fenwick.com /pressroom/5.1.1.asp?mid=151&loc=PR (455 words)

	new rocks on downhill? - Minnesota Off-Road Cyclists Discussion Forums (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Imbedded in the trail for the most part.
		It's on a descent that I have heard called the "southern crossing" It runs parallel to battle creek road on the upper side but it's in farther than the ski trail.
		It is probably what we called #1 since it was the first of three lefts that you could take heading downhill from the clearing that is close to the "overlook".
	www.morcmtb.org /forums/showthread.php?t=9333 (542 words)

	iTunes per iPod (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This site was created by Downhill Battle, a music activism organization that's working to break the major record label monopoly of the music industry and move towards a system that's better for musicians and fans.
		Visit downhillbattle.org to read more about how the music industry works and to get involved.
		Downhill Battle is non-profit, non-commercial, and is not affiliated with Apple Computer or Apple Records.
	www.itunesperipod.com (483 words)

	broadband » News » Torrent SP2 'Experiment' Ends - Downhill battle gets Microsoft DMCA notice
		Downhill Battle's experiment to show the usefulness of p2p applications by distributing Service Pack 2 via Bit Torrent didn't last long.
		On topic, Windows and its service packs are not open source, GPL, or any other sort of software that gives you the right to distribute them, in whole or in part, in binary or in source, to anyone else.
		The author, Microsoft, retains the right to be the sole distributor and thus what Downhill Battle was doing was at the very least copyright infringement.
	www.broadbandreports.com /shownews/51780 (4797 words)

	Ivory Power » Blog Archive » Downhill Battle interview
		If you still haven’t heard of Downhill Battle, (which is quite likely if you’re a conservative who feels morally guilty of filesharing and pirating music) now is a time to hear it on podcast.
		Downhill Battle is a music activist organization to bring a positive change in corrupt music industry.
		Today the mainstream music market is dominated by 4 major labels while artists make virtually nothing (by nothing we mean 5% of the CD costs plus a debt of more than 500K, this is not even arguing for the artists who are not the creators of the music)
	ivorypower.com /blog/?p=31 (281 words)

	SI.com - More Sports - American Clark, France's Montillet to battle for downhill - Friday February 21, 2003 09:55 ...
		American Clark, France's Montillet to battle for downhill
		Kostelic is seventh in the downhill standings, 131 points behind Clark and Montillet.
		Thirty-nine skiers from 10 nations will be competing in the two-race trial with Switzerland providing the most competitors with 10.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/news/2003/02/21/women_downhill_ap (476 words)

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