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Seattle Sounds Seattle Sounds on KIRO Radio  Def Leppard rips
itself off  Def Leppard is ripping itself off to get a better
deal on digital downloads (AP image)  The 80's rock band Def
Leppard is experiencing something of a resurgence these days,
thanks in part to the popular Broadway musical "Rock of Ages"
and this summer's Tom Cruise movie version of that musical.  Now
they're capitalizing on their new-found popularity by ripping
themselves off.  Def Leppard has sold over 100-million albums
and had more than a dozen hit singles in its heyday. But until
this summer you couldn't buy a single one of them on iTunes. Why
not? Because the band won't let their label release their stuff
digitally.  Put simply, the band thinks they're getting screwed
by their label. The average per-download cut gives bands only 9
cents to a label's 63 cents. Even though a source tells The
Hollywood Reporter that a legacy group like Def Leppard would be
getting more like 30 c