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# Hypebot’s New Music Industry Briefing For Monday September 18th, 2006
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/hypebots_new_mu_8-4/
- Published: 2006-09-18T04:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2006-09-18T04:00:00.000Z
- Description: – Consumer complaints are mounting over glitches in Apple’s "revolutionary" iTunes 7 upgrade. (TechWeb) Some call it "buggy bloatware", but that hasn’t stopped hackers from upgrading software that strips it. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2006/09/hypebots_new_mu_8-4.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:10

[![Itunestiedgreen](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/itunestiedgreen.jpg "Itunestiedgreen")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/itunestiedgreen.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

– Consumer **complaints are mounting** over glitches in Apple’s "revolutionary" **iTunes 7 upgrade**. ([TechWeb](http://news.yahoo.com/s/cmp/20060915/tc%5Fcmp/193000832?ref=hypebot.com)) Some call it **"buggy bloatware"**, but that hasn’t stopped hackers from upgrading software that **strips it of DRM**. ([Wired.com](http://blog.wired.com/music/index.blog?entry%5Fid=1556053&ref=hypebot.com))

– Anti-DRM lobby [**Defective By Design**](http://defectivebydesign.org/en/actions/oct3list?ref=hypebot.com) is planning a day of **action October 3rd.**

– Taiwan **file sharing site Kudo shuts down** after lawsuit. ([Reuters](http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20060915/tc%5Fzd/188730?ref=hypebot.com))

– In what could give a boost to struggling subscription services, the new **Sonos music system** upgrade allows listeners to **turn off their PC and still access Rhapsody**. ([Sonos](http://www.sonos.com/?tref=land&ovchn=GGL&ovcpn=Google+Adwords&ovcrn=sonos&ovtac=ppc&ref=hypebot.com))

– [**QTrax**](http://www.qtrax.com/?ref=hypebot.com), the other **ad supported download** service, has **added Warner Music** to a pre-launch list that included EMI and The Orchard.

[![Shins_video](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/shins_video.jpg "Shins_video")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/shins%5Fvideo.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

– **The Shins** are encouraging **fans to video tape** their Austin City Limits Festival appearance with cameras and cell phones and then upload it to be edited into a **concert filmed from potentially hundreds of angles** and perspectives. ([Current TV](http://www.current.tv/make/vc2/shins?ref=hypebot.com))

– A look at Akamai, **the company who enables efficient net delivery of the huge video and audio files** we’re all getting so used to. ([BusinessWeek](http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20060915/bs%5Fbw/b4002094?ref=hypebot.com))