Music Industry News: France Says Yes To YouTube, RIAA Pushes, Musician + Author = Crap & More

(UPDATED) Despite the RIAA's best efforts, as of today Mulve is still online. To be clear, I'm not a supporter of unauthorized file-sharing; and though I understand the desire to shut down the biggest offenders, they aren't going away. Mulve is a reminder that the industry needs to put it's efforts elsewhere and give consumers legal choices that generate revenue for labels and artists. 

• French music industry reaches deal with YouTube. (AP)
• Musician + Author = Crap -  This week musician Ben Folds (formerly of the Five) and rock-obsessed novelist Nick Hornby (High Fidelity) released a collaborative record called Lonely Avenue. (Boston Phoenix)
• RIAA Claims That If COICA Isn't Passed, Americans Are 'Put At Risk' (Techdirt)

More Music Industry News & Commentary:

• A new study from the Library of Congress details the challenges of preserving digital music. (NPR)
• Surprise! U.S. CD sales will be flat this holiday shopping season. (Nielson page down) Now flat is the new up…
• Pandora adds in-home connected devices to its ad platform.
• On the rise music conference and festival New Noise is will be held Nov 4-6 in Santa Barbara, CA. More info here.
• BitTorrent preps live streaming technology. (ZDNet)
• SMALL CHANGE: Why the revolution will not be tweeted. (MalcolmGladwell)
• Ripping MP3s from CD: Legal conflict. (MyBroadband)
• Was Bono's back the straw that broke Live Nation? (Independent) 
• Who’s left standing if downloading is dead? (Music4.5)
• iPods–and more insidious noise–are ruining your teen's hearing. (PsychologyToday)
• The Town: Where We Grow Up Matters! Arcade Fire's video shows that our neighborhoods can shape us. (PsychologyToday)
• Four Uses For Twitters New Video And Photo Features. (Music180)
• The Oral History of Matador Records, Part One (MySpace)