Thursday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: Indie Rock Tobacco Class Action?, Mobile May Drive Sales & Much More

>>> 8 state Attorney Generals are suing RJ Reynolds Tobacco over a Rolling Stone cartoon that featured Camel cigarettes and unwittingly involved a slew of indie rock bands.  The Daily Swarm has details and a list of the acts. Is a Class Action suit next?

>>> Music delivered to mobile phones will hit $11 billion and account for 30% of music sales by 2011 according to a new report. Mobile is currently 14% of revenue for labels. (TechWeb)

>>> The Copyright Royalty Board set new rates for satellite radio and SoundExchange is not too happy.

>>> UK music management firms are demanding a cut of concert ticket re-sales but face an uphill battle. (Reuters)

>> Daniel Lanois will release his new recording only via a high quality WAV downloads (ChartAttack)

>>> Mobile streaming media service Buzzwire had raised $8 million in a second round of venture funding.

>>> Muze has surpassed 7.5 Billion song samples via its net, mobile and retails customers.

>>> WSJ’s Mossberg looks at the Slacker music player with mixed results.

>>> Forbes looks at concert giant Live Nation.