Friday’s Music Brief: Live Tele-Conference Today, Bandize Invites, Myxer, You Tube, Mininova $’s & More

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  Live Video: Music Industry Panel Today At Noon EST & 4PM GMT
• 30 Alpha Invites To Artist Organizer Bandize
• Why Own A Radio? Sirius Preps iPhone App
• DropPlay Blends YouTube, Pandora & Facebook
• M.I.T's YouTomb Tracks Video Takedowns
• Join the discission:Major Artists Lobby For Live Nation Ticketmaster Merger But Don't Disclose Azoff Connection
• Daily D.I.Y. – Free Legal Documents To Organize Your Band

MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:

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  Arista, Sony pursue Myxer in copyright lawsuit. (biz journals)
• The inaugural meeting of the U.K.'s Featured Artists' Coalition (FAC) in London resulted in a unanimous vote among its members against any measures that criminalize file-sharing. (Billboard)
• Why YouTube’s PRS Spat Is Just One Battle In The Coming Online Music War. (paidContent UK)
• Who profits from file sharing? Torrent search engine Mininova earned €1 million last year. (ars)
• Hands on iTunes 8.1 and the upgraded iPhone Remote application. (Wired's Gadget Lab)
• Labels: whatever the future of music is, it isn't "free". (ars) "Labels say that it's not just about
  the concerts and the merchandise; people will still pay for access to recorded music, but not like they used to. The future is monthly or yearly payments for access to all the tunes you want."
• Consultants Music Tank have published a free report on file sharing "Let's Sell Recorded Music".  (Music Tank) Nothing surprising but well worth reading.  My favorite takeway: The 10-80-10 rule. 10% of people will always pay for music, 10 never will. The focus needs to be monetizing the habits of the 80%. 
• Teen Muziic founder: Shawn Fanning is my hero. (CNet)
• MPAA Matches RIAA In Massive Layoffs (TechDirt)