Monday: More Music Industry News

I'm headed to NYC today for Tuesday's New Music Seminar.  I hope to see you there and let other Hypebot readers know that you'll be attending here. And don't miss Part 1 of Kyle's exclusive Amanda Palmer interview.

• Merlin makes a video deal: Online music video site MUZU signs up global indies. (press release)
• RIAA’s Incompetent Pirate Snoopers Escape Prison – A Michigan state agency that deals with professional licensing has closed an investigation into RIAA’s unlicensed pirate investigators MediaSentry, saying that without evidence of payment from the RIAA, there is no case. (TorrentFreak)
• Monsters of rock sound upbeat at last. – Left in a bygone age, the record label dinosaurs may finally be evolving to cope with the digital revolution, writes Richard Wray (Guardian)
• Pirate Bay's Plans Too Clever By Half: Arbitrage Consumer Bandwidth. (Techdirt)
• Chart watching a post-Sony eMusic. (Digital Audio Insider)
• Ted Cohen: Michael Jackson and the Media (MidemNet)
• Web Video Viewers Forget About Michael Jackson. (Media Memo)
• The Fans Have Spoken: Buy One Get One Free Ticket Offer Wins the Vote at LiveNation.com This Wednesday July 22nd at LiveNation.com (press release)
• R.I.P. – Concert industry and agency veteran Sean LaRoch