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Partygoers dance to a frenetic, locally produced dance music called tecnobrega at a high-tech party thrown by the sound system, Powerful Rubi Spaceship of Sound, June 22, 2007, in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Such parties draw thousands every weekend, and media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the widespread copying of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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A disc jockey plays a frenetic, locally produced dance music called tecnobrega at a high-tech party thrown by the sound system Super POP June 23, 2007, in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Such parties draw thousands every weekend, and media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the copying and sale of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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Singer Gabi Amarantos performs with her band Tecno Show June 20, 2007, in Belem, Brazil, singing a frenetic genre of dance music called tecnobrega that's become the soundtrack of the Amazon region and has won national attention although it's distributed solely through pirated copies. Media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the widespread copying of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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Singer Gabi Amarantos signs autographs after performing with her band Tecno Show June 20, 2007, in Belem, Brazil. She sings a frenetic genre of dance music called tecnobrega that's become the soundtrack of the Amazon region and has won national attention although it's distributed solely through pirated copies. Media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the widespread copying of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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A disc jockey plays a frenetic, locally produced dance music called tecnobrega at a high-tech party thrown by the sound system Super POP June 23, 2007, in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Such parties draw thousands every weekend, and media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the copying and sale of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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Singer Gabi Amarantos sits June 23, 2007, in her home in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil, in front of the computer where she has recorded some of the biggest hits of a frenetic dance music called tecnobrega, which has become a national sensation. Media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the widespread copying of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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Singer Gabi Amarantos performs with her band Tecno Show June 20, 2007, in Belem, Brazil, singing a frenetic genre of dance music called tecnobrega that's become the soundtrack of the Amazon region and has won national attention although it's distributed solely through pirated copies. Media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the widespread copying of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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A disc jockey plays a frenetic, locally produced dance music called tecnobrega at a high-tech party thrown by the sound system Super POP June 23, 2007, in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Such parties draw thousands every weekend, and media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the copying and sale of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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Customers look through pirated copies of movies and tecnobrega DVDs June 22, 2007, in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Tecnobrega, a frenetic, locally produced dance music, depends completely on wholesale copying by music bootleggers and fans for distribution. Media analysts say tecnobrega's business model could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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Partygoers dance to a frenetic, locally produced dance music called tecnobrega at a high-tech party thrown by the sound system, Powerful Rubi Spaceship of Sound, June 22, 2007, in the Amazonian city of Belem, Brazil. Such parties draw thousands every weekend, and media analysts say tecnobrega's business model, of musicians depending on the widespread copying of their songs by music bootleggers and fans for distribution, could be the global music industry's future. (Jack Chang/MCT)
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