Monday’s Music Brief: Indie Ties, Inspiration, ASCAP Demands, UK Charts, Twitter $’s, iTunes & More

Happy Monday! This is already shaping up to be a busy and eventful week. Be sure to get involved in helping us build a database of artists that have "made it" without the help of a major label. Now, lets get to it…PS: Don't miss the two videos below.

UPDATE: Watch on Tuesday for Kyle Bylin's latest post: Killing Itself to Live: How the Record Industry Conceived It’s Own Demise.

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

• A2IM & AIM: Indie Trades Groups Join Forces
• WMG's Edgar Bronfman Jr. On "Risk Capital" And Artist Exploitation
• Looking Beyond The Music Industry For Inspiration
• Kyle Bylin interviews author Dalton Conley of Elsewhere, U.S.A.
• Moby Says Disband The RIAA
• Video Interview: Bill Wilson, NARM's Dr. Of Biz Dev. & Digital Strategy
• YouTube Rolls Out 6 Incremental Improvments
• Eventful Passes 10 Million Users, 75,000 Performers
• Video: Techdirt's Mike Masnick Offer Hope For The Music Industry At NARM

MORE MUSIC NEWS:

• ASCAP wants to get paid every time your phone rings according to a court filing in a lawsuit with AT&T. (EFF, pdf of filing)
• Howard Stringer takes over Sony as part of a new ownership structure. (FMQB)
• What's next for Jammie Thomas-Russert after the $1.92 million file sharing conviction? (ars)
• New UK indie charts "bound to" recognize free online streaming like We7 and Spotify. (Guardian) This is overdue. Are you reading this Billboard?
• Universities Struggling To Deal With Law Requiring Them To Fight File Sharing (TechDirt)
• Reportedly, the record industry does not plan more lawsuits. (FT)
• Twitter plans to offer shopping advice and easy purchasing. (NY Times) Mmmm…think there's an opportunity here for the music industry?
• Variable iTunes pricing a moneymaker for artists. (Billboard)
• Indian digital music distribution is experimenting with an unlimited download service. (Hungama)