More Music Industry News: Apple vs. Eminem, UK Services Do Battle, Vevo, French 3 Strikes & More

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  Chart Watch: Jay-Z leads this week with 300k units, Whitney Houston is at #2 with 166k and Muse are the top new album with 125k in sales this week according to Hits.

• Apple bids to avoid court date with Eminem – Last minute talks are taking place between lawyers for Apple and Eminem as the iPod maker attempts to avert a costly and potentially embarrassing court battle with the rap star.
• Music services escalate battle to win UK market – We7, the ad-funded music service backed by Peter Gabriel, is to launch a subscription service and iPhone app to challenge Spotify’s position in the UK market. The move comes as Spotify allows its service to be embedded in a third-party site for the first time, as part of Peugeot’s Drive Sexy campaign. (Guardian)
• AU digital distributor Musicadium is now delivering tracks to the Nokia Music Store and Nokia's Comes with Music and is are also currently the only digital content aggregator  in Australia providing video distribution to iTunes.
• Online sheet music retailer Sheet Music Plus has surpassed $28 million in sales. (press release)
• Nine Scientifically Proven Ways to Get Retweeted on Twitter (Fast Company)
• How a little jam went global – 'Stand by Me' YouTube hit started a cascade of interviews, a CD – and next month, a tour. (Christian Science Monitor)
• Vevo hires an ad salesman to try to monetize the major label backed music video site. (MediaMemo)
• French opposition to challenge new three strikes law in court – After its initial adoption in May and subsequent striking down by France’s highest legal authority, the Hadopi “3 strikes” law was accepted in July by the Senate, and last week it was passed in the National Assembly. The legislation was finally approved in parliament yesterday, but the opposition immediately announced a fresh court challenge.(TorrentFreak)