More New Music Industry News: UK OK’s Ticketmaster/LN Merger, Spotify Update, Tapulous Goes Indie & More

• The proposed merger of Live Nation and Ticketmaster got a big boost on Tuesday when British regulatory body the Competition Commission dropped its objections and approved the deal. U.S. opposition remains. (Guardian)
• Spotify biding time for the right contracts before U.S. debut. (VentureBeat)
• EU telco TDC Play, which already offers unlimited music downloads at no additional cost to their mobile and online subscribers has added unlimited music streaming. (press release)
• Why The Record Labels Are Still Confused: The Difference Between Transformative And Incremental Change. (Techdirt)
• Big Music: damn the numbers, give us antipiracy laws anyway. –  If P2P use is declining or holding steady without new "antipiracy" laws, are those laws still needed? Music trade groups say yes. (ars)
• Tapulous bringing in $1 million per month and adding more indie music. (DMW)
• I've been adding a few great books to Hypebot's New Music Industry bookstore on Amazon.(here)