NEWS BRIEF: Muve Looks Overseas, Sony Slams German PRO, Deezer Seeks $’s, musicXmatch & More

Cricket's Muve Music subscription service is looking to expand beyond the US, according to the Guardian. With 600k paying subscribers, bundling unlimited music with voice, texts and data is working well for the upstart mobile carrier.

• Sony Music's CEO slams German music rights organizations for being so restrictive that Sony YouTube videos don;t play there. (Verge)
• Deezer looking for up to €100m in new funding round claims report. (Music Ally)

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• Warner Music Group cheats musical artists of royalties for downloads and ringtones, Gary Wright claims in a federal class action. (CHN)
• Inmates to be allowed MP3 players but will restrict music. (USA Today)
• musiXmatch has passed 3 Million Mobile App Downloads on iPhone, Android, WP7 and launched a new Android Lyrics Music Player with UNLIMITED MUSIC ID for identifying Lyrics.
• How One Tech Company Got MTV to Embrace Live Music (Mashable)
• How Birmingham, AL Became an Indie Rock Destination (Atlantic Cities) Thanks to the Bottle Tree and more.
• RIAA (sort of) responds to SOPA critics, says copyright "offers little real protection" (ars)