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# Friday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: UK P2PWarnings, Weezer, Coldplay & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/fridays-music-2-6/
- Published: 2008-06-06T01:08:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-06-06T01:08:00.000Z
- Description: HYPEBOT FEATURES: Are Fuel Prices Effecting Touring? Major Labels Sue Spanish P2P’s ConcertAttack: A Live Music Social Network Burma: It Can’t Wait Campaign > UK ISP Virgin Media says it. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2008/06/fridays-music-2-6.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

**HYPEBOT FEATURES:**

- **[Are Fuel Prices Effecting Touring?](https://www.hypebot.com/are-high-fuel-p/)**
- **[Major Labels Sue Spanish P2P’s](https://www.hypebot.com/major-labels-su/)**[![Virgin_2](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2008/06/06/virgin_2.jpg "Virgin_2")](https://www.hypebot.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/06/virgin%5F2.jpg)
- **[ConcertAttack: A Live Music Social Network](https://www.hypebot.com/concertattack-l/)**
- **[Burma: It Can’t Wait Campaign](https://www.hypebot.com/burma-it-cant-w/)**

\> **UK ISP** Virgin Media says it will start **warning customers** that are downloading illegally. ([Telegraph UK](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/06/06/cnvirgin106.xml&ref=hypebot.com))

\> **[Weezer](http://weezer.com/?ref=hypebot.com) is telling fans to bring their instruments along** and perform with them onstage and off during their upcoming Hootenanny Tour. ([FMQB](http://www.fmqb.com/article.asp?id=734032&spid=1314&ref=hypebot.com)) *This band brings its fans along for the party as well as anybody. Watch them and learn.*

[![Capital_records](https://spcdn.shortpixel.ai/spio/ret_img,q_cdnize/www.hypebot.com/hypebot/images/2008/06/06/capital_records.jpg "Capital_records")](https://www.hypebot.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2008/06/06/capital%5Frecords.jpg)

  
\> **Coldplay’s new Capitol album Viva La Vida**, which will be released June 17 is the **#1 pre-order in iTunes history**. Insiders feel it’s a lock to beat the 140k first-week sales record set by Jack Johnson’s Brushfire/ Universal Republic album, Sleep Through the Static, set in February. (HITS via EMI)

\> **Full text of U2 manager Paul McGuinness’ speech** this week attacking ISP’s and other communication companies for profiting from illegal music and demanding change. ([U2](http://www.u2.com/news/index.php?mode=full&news%5Fid=2230&ref=hypebot.com))

\> Missouri University of Science and Technology requires **students to pass a six-question quiz on digital copyright law** in exchange for six hours of access to P2P they can use to share music and movies online. ([AP](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap%5Fen%5Fmu/techbit%5Fdownloading%5Fmusic?ref=hypebot.com))