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Music Industry News: EMI Tires To Bar EFF, Labels Slam PC Mag, Sony Music Club, Axl Sues & More

  • EMI Seeks to Bar EFF From MP3Tunes.com Cloud-Music Case (Wired)
  • PC Mag Admonished By Music Biz For Encouraging Piracy. (TF)
  • Sony Music has launched PopMarket.com as an online shopping club for music fans offering members limited-time sales on music and merch.

Hypebot Favicon More Music Industry News & Commentary:

  • Axl Rose Sues Activision for $20M for Including Slash in 'Guitar Hero' (Hollywood Reporter)
  • Why MTV Must Acquire Vevo Before It's Too Late. (Adage)
  • Interview: MOG CEO David Hyman Calls Apple AirPlay ‘Revelatory’ (Evolver.fm)
  • What's Up With Women In The Music Industry? (SFP)
  • Why do bands want 'indie' cred? It's often vital for new artists to be seen as 'indie'. But this label has little to do with how independent they are, and it never did. (Guardian)
  • Japan sees drop in digital music sales. (Inside Japan)
  • Beatles Sales Strong, But Not Blockbuster, So Far. (NYT
  • Jazz artists turn to Kickstarter for funding. (LATimes)
  • Should Venues Play Local Music Between Sets? (New Times)

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