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# More Music Industry News: Russ Solomon Retires, Disco Biscuit Festival, & Zune Pass Comes To UK
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-music-industry-news-russ-solomon-retires-disco-biscuit-festival-zune-pass-comes-to-uk/
- Published: 2010-07-19T02:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-07-19T02:00:00.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) File sharers targeted with legal action over music downloads: Lawyers for Ministry of Sound and other music labels are seeking compensation, threatening court action unless file sharers pay. (Guardian). Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/07/more-music-industry-news-rus
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- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

(UPDATED)

- [![image from www.cultofmac.com](https://a4.typepad.com/6a0111683c7a25970c0134858a3c7c970c-150wi)](http://www.cultofmac.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/zune.jpg?ref=hypebot.com)**File sharers targeted with legal action over music downloads**: Lawyers for Ministry of Sound and other music labels are seeking compensation, threatening court action unless file sharers pay. ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2010/jul/17/file-sharers-legal-action-music-downloads?ref=hypebot.com))
- **In The Club:** How Much Do You Pay For Live Musi**c**? ([NPR](http://www.npr.org/blogs/therecord/2010/07/16/128570748/in-the-club-what-s-live-music-worth?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Tower Records** founder **Russ Solomon** retires. ([SP](http://www.sacramentopress.com/headline/33044/Tower%5FRecords%5Ffounder%5Fretires?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Worrying About Monetising Your Music is Holding You Back**. ([CreativeDeconstruction](http://www.creativedeconstruction.com/2010/07/worrying-about-monetising-your-music-is-holding-you-back/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Thousands More BitTorrent Users To Be Sued**: The troubles for U.S. based BitTorrent users who share movies without permission is far from over. ([TorrentFreak](http://torrentfreak.com/thousands-more-bittorrent-users-to-be-sued-in-the-u-s-100718/?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed:+Torrentfreak+%28Torrentfreak%29))
- **The A-Z of Online Music Distribution**. ([SimplyZesty](http://www.simplyzesty.com/music/az-online-music-distribution/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Electronic reading devices are transforming the concept of a book**: Digital tools advance beyond screens that talk and play videos, connecting readers to authors and online fan communities. ([LAT](http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fiw-0718-reading-20100718,0,1216316,full.story?ref=hypebot.com))
- Musical acts' **summer tours** encounter heavy weather. ([LAT](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/music/la-et-concert-downturn-20100716,0,7759782.story?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Latest Accessory of a Well-Equipped Band**: Disco Biscuit has their own festival. ([NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/17/arts/music/17biscuit.html?src=twt&twt=nytimesarts&ref=hypebot.com))
- That Thunk You Heard Was **The iPhone** Falling Off Its Pedestal. ([PaidContent](http://paidcontent.org/article/419-that-thunk-you-heard-was-the-iphone-falling-off-its-pedestal/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Hope & Social ask you to name your price**: They are a band  
that are set up just a little differently to most other bands in the  
area. ([BBC](http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leeds/hi/people%5Fand%5Fplaces/music/newsid%5F8829000/8829931.stm?ref=hypebot.com))
- **File Sharing Is Not Pollution,** And You Don't Need An ISP 'Tax' To Deal With It. ([TechDirt](http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100715/01280010225.shtml?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Zune Pass comes to U.K.** ([cnet](http://news.cnet.com/8301-13526%5F3-20010873-27.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Justin Bieber Video** is now **The Most-Watched YouTube Clip Of All Time**. ([BusinessInsider](http://www.businessinsider.com/justin-bieber-now-has-youtubes-all-time-most-viewed-video-2010-7?ref=hypebot.com#ixzz0u8zskWIg))
- **Swedish Copyright Collective** – Technology Is Killing the Blank Disc Star. ([ZeroPaid](http://www.zeropaid.com/news/89959/swedish-copyright-collective-technology-is-killing-the-blank-disc-star/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **France’s Three-Strikes Law for Internet Piracy** Hasn’t Brought Any Penalties. ([NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/19/technology/internet/19iht-CACHE.html?%5Fr=1&ref=hypebot.com))