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# Monday’s Music 2.0 Briefing: France’s P2P Attack, EMI  Gets Bad Press, Pirate Bay Scoffs & Much More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/mondays-music-4-7/
- Published: 2007-11-26T01:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2007-11-26T01:00:00.000Z
- Description: UPDATED >>> Online Music licensing firm Ricall, which claims 4 million tracks from major and indie labels, expands into the US market with the appointment of former BMG publishing exec. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2007/11/mondays-music-4-7.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 11:06

UPDATED 

\>>> **Online Music licensing firm [Ricall](http://www.ricall.com/ricall/pre/index.jsp?sss=ricall&ref=hypebot.com)**, which claims 4 million tracks from major and indie labels, **expands into the US** market with the appointment of **former BMG publishing exec Ed Razzano as Vice President of Business Development** (North  
America) based in NYC.

[![Frenchflag](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/11/26/frenchflag.jpg "Frenchflag")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/26/frenchflag.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

\>>> **France** will **pull net access** from repeat **P2P offenders.** As a trade off the government is **demanding an end to DRM.** ([Reuters](http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071123/wr%5Fnm/internet%5Fpiracy%5Ffrance%5Fdc?ref=hypebot.com)) *Points for dropping DRM, but aren’t free WiFi signals to grab almost everywhere?*

[![Emi_2](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/11/25/emi_2.jpg "Emi_2")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/25/emi%5F2.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

  
\>>> The Financial Times says the **investment community is growing critical of Tera Firma’s plans to turn around EMI.** ([FT](http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3217c7a8-9bc2-11dc-8aad-0000779fd2ac.html?ref=hypebot.com))

\>>> **PirateBay dismisses seriousness** of latest three prong legal attack against it. ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071125-pirate-bay-laughs-off-three-pronged-legal-assault.html?ref=hypebot.com))

\>>> Some stats about **who is using Facebook.** ([TWMOB](http://midnightexcess.wordpress.com/2007/11/23/facebook-member-stats-an-update/?ref=hypebot.com))

\>>> A noted wine expert proves that **music alters the taste of wine.** ([NPR](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16372623&ref=hypebot.com))

\>>> Pink Floyd’s **David Gilmore is giving away three tracks via Verizon Wireless** to help promote a DVD release. ([OurDigitalMusic](http://www.ourdigitalmusic.com/got-verizon-get-free-pink-floyd-2/?ref=hypebot.com))

\>>> Indie label **[Suburban Home](http://suburbanhomerecords.com/?ref=hypebot.com) has released a free "I Celebrate Their Entire Catalog"**

[![Suburban_home_sampler](https://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/images/2007/11/25/suburban_home_sampler.jpg "Suburban_home_sampler")](http://hypebot.typepad.com/.shared/image.html?/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/25/suburban%5Fhome%5Fsampler.jpg&ref=hypebot.com)

****digital sampler to promote the label’s…entire catalog. They’re even encouraging you to share [the link](http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7399CB6878C37021&ref=hypebot.com). Imagine that! "Post it in your blog, send it out in a Myspace bulletin, burn it onto CDs and give them to your friends, hell text it to your Grandma. We want everyone and anyone to download the sampler." ([IndieHQ](http://indiehq.com/?ref=hypebot.com)) *Just to add to the no cost DYI nature of the promotion, the label is using [free/low cost](http://www.yousendit.com/?home=true&ref=hypebot.com) file delivery site YouSendIt to make the tracks available.***

\>>> To be sure you didn’t miss anything important last week during holiday, we bring you **[Hypebot’s Music 2.0 Week In Review](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/2007/11/hypebots-music.html?ref=hypebot.com)**.

**\>>> Tuesday: 4QFor (Four Questions For) the founder of WE7.**