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STRIPES AND FRANZ BANISHED FROM TOTP?: In a canny piece, icWales has cut to the heart of the current AIM/iTunes stand off - with iTunes the dominant music store online, and the BPI about to launch a download chart and fold downloads into the mainstream singles charts, if the indies don't come to a settlement really soon, it's going to harm the chart positions of some quite major acts. And poor chart positions can affect airplay and access to shows like Top of the Pops. It would seem Apple might have a whip hand on this one.