More Music Industry News: Lilly Allen, EMI $’s, Topsin Adds, Fontana Deals, Swedish Sales Soar

• Are economics dooming free streaming sites? (CNet)
• Lily Allen: Sell bootlegs of my CDs, don’t share for free – UK recording artist, and vocal anti-file-sharing critic, remarks that she’s fine with people selling bootleg copies of her CDs rather than share it for free with others since the person selling it is at least placing “some kind of value on my music.” (ZeroPaid) UH??
• South Koreans to get Apple's iPhone this week. (AP)
• EMI manages to compete with free after all – Can labels still make money from selling recorded music, or is the future nothing but TV show soundtracks and Rock Band? EMI shows that even recorded music can still see revenue growth. (ars analysis, Hypebot coverage)
• Former Interscope staffer Andrew Mains has joined Topspin as VP Artist Relations & Services. (Topspin)
• UMG’s Fontana Distribution has signed with Downtown Music Services to seek sync licensing opportunities for its artists and labels. (press release)
• Sweden sees music sales soar after crackdown on filesharing – UK music executives are looking to the home of Abba for signs that declining sales can be stemmed by new filesharing laws. (Guardian)
• WaTunes launches new trending service & VIP tier. (press release)
• Playlists Could Be Free Music’s Killer App (Epicenter)