Monday’s Music Brief: Free Week, Google China, 7Digital, Ad Sales, 3 Strikes & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

FREE WEEK 

• Hypebot's Last Free Week
• Why Are We Still Debating Free?
• Kevin Kelly: "Sell things that can't be copied."
• Free Music Only Has Value If…
• DAILY DIY: Free Can Build Your Email List

• Google Starts Music Service In China With WMG, Sony & Universal
• Spotify Adds Downloads From 7Digital
• Kyle Bylin: "The Death of the CD-Release Complex"
• Video: In Defense Of Twitter For Musicians
• REWIND: Music's Last Week In Review

MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:

•  Ads and labels deal double blow to music sites. (FT) As I wrote last week, even as the poor economy hurts advertising sales, the major labels are making more expensive demands on struggling ad-supported services like imeem.
• Did the Klaxons sell out over commercial pressure? (UK Times) "When Klaxons bowed to pressure from their label to rerecord their album with more hits, they were only following a well-worn path."
• Q&A: INgrooves CEO on digital distribution, Dolly Parton and Spotify. (CNet)
  
• Little Steven: 7 Years In The Underground Garage
• Gavin DeGraw premiers new album FREE today exclusively on iLike one day prior to its commercial release. (iLike)
  
• The European Parliment voted against a three strikes P2P policy by  a vote of 48 in favor, 25 against and 21 abstentions. (statement)
• Two co-founders of anti-piracy company MediaDefender resign. (TorrentFreak)
• UMG has partnered with The Axis Agency to develop Hispanic marketing strategies and license UMG entertainment properties to companies looking to reach the U.S. Hispanic market. (press release)