More Music Industry News: Vivendi Supports 3 Strikes, Twitter Abroad, Lala, MidemNet Lab & More

• Vivendi head calls for 'three-strikes' rule to tackle UK filesharers. – Jean-Bernard Levy tells the C&binet Forum that the UK should follow France's lead by cutting off internet access for persistent illegal downloaders (Guardian)
• Twitter Finds Growth Abroad With 58.4 Million Global Visitors In September (TechCrunch)
• Public radio's syndicated On The Media devoted almost a full hour to the music industry. Interviewed were an eclectic group of new music industry thinkers and doers including Amanda Palmer, law professor James Boyle, promoter John Scher and Duncan Freeman of Band Metrics and others. It's really a must listen.
• HITS handicaps the New Artist Grammy.
• Lala resurgent: how the music service got its groove back. – Radically changing the business model is usually a sign that a startup is near death, but CD-swapping service Lala has morphed into a streaming music provider with a new iPhone app and a hot deal with Google.
• German indies and artists sue YouTube and Google. (Billboard)
• MIDEM is extending the deadline to apply for MidemNet Lab until Friday 6th November. The initiative will showcase the talents of 15 innovative digital music start-ups as part of Midem which takes place in Cannes, France from 23-27 January 2010. The winning companies will each win a free pass and be invited to present their businesses throughout the whole event. Details via partner Music Ally.