Thursday’s Music Brief: Hype Machine Fraud, Hypebot Networking, Usenet Looses, PRS & More
Tomorrow is a holiday in the US, but Hypebot will be watching music industry developments worldwide and publishing on Friday and throughout the weekend. Be sure to get involved in networking with other Hypebot readers here and encourage others to do the same, For those of us on this side of the pond, have a great long weekend!
HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Hype Machine Outs Artists For Chart Manipulation
- It's Official: Sony Invests In IODA
- Lime Wire Adds CD Baby's 240K Indie Artists
- When The Artist & Fan Relationship Goes Bad
- The Bullet That Works Best Hasn't Changed. It's Just Changed Hands
- Join the discussion: Pandora 's Westergren Responds To Submission Controversy
- WHO ARE YOU? Introduce Yourself To The Hypebot Community
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
- A federal judge threw the book at Usenet.com in an RIAA lawsuit. The court found newsgroup provider Usenet liable for copyright infringement. "Advertising to file-sharers, putting "warez" in your site's meta tags, and tampering with evidence don't amuse federal judges." (ars)
- An in depth and critical look at the PRS performance rights collection organization. (RouteNote)
- More Amanda Palmer: "Lessons Learned From Twitter Windfalls". (Billboard)
- Facebook Will Give Users More Control Over Who Sees What. (NY Times)
- Suspicions of Insider Trading Surround Pirate Bay Buyers (TorrentFreak)
- Michael Jackson First Artist to Sell Over 1 Million Downloads in a Single Week (Epicenter)
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MJ First Artist to Sell Over 1 Million Downloads in a Single Week
Well, what else can you do when all the stores and online retailers have run out of physical media, whilst the presses are being switched on again?
Downloading is a quick and convenient way to satisfy the hype.
In the end, it’s not the day that the music died, just like it wasn’t at the end of Buddy Holly’s days.
It’s just that corporate media has lost one of its biggest stars, one who transcended all types of publications, from the serious to the tabloids.