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# Music Industry News: Kazaa Sold, Boston Hack Day, Pirate Bay Trial’s Last Day, Apple Earnings & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-news-4-3/
- Published: 2010-10-15T00:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-15T00:22:00.000Z
- Description: (UPDATED) Next week's news cycle will start strong with an earnings call from Apple on Monday and other investor calls in the days to follow. For now, let's just celebrate. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/10/more-news-4-3.html]
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(UPDATED) Next week's news cycle will start strong with an earnings call from **Apple on Monday** and other investor calls in the days to follow. For now, let's just **celebrate that its Friday** and that we all survived another week of new music industry madness. PS: If you've been thinking about **advertising on Hypebot or Music Think Tank**, now is the time to **[get in touch](http://hypebot.typepad.com/hypebot/advertise-on-hypebot.html?ref=hypebot.com)**. We've got a number of unique sponsorship offerings that you may want to get involved in.

- Search marketer **Atrinsic has bought** what's left of **Kazaa**. ([press release](http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20101014005466/en/Atrinsic-Acquire-Kazaa-Assets-Sets-Foundation-Build?ref=hypebot.com))
- **France Will Buy Its Citizens Digital Music Worth €50 Million** ([paidContent](http://paidcontent.org/article/419-france-will-buy-its-citizens-digital-music-worth-50-million/?ref=hypebot.com))
- The **travelling technology tornado** known as **[Music Hack Day](ttp://boston.musichackday.org/)** returns to **Boston** the weekend **October 16th and 17th**. 300 developers, designers, engineers, and musicians from around the world will gather for 48 hours of on-the-spot music technology creation. Projects range from the whimsical and artistic to the practical and marketable. **We'll have details of the hits and misses on Monday.**

**More Music Industry News & Commentary:**

- **The Final Day of The Pirate Bay Appeal** – After nearly three weeks, The Pirate Bay appeal comes to an end today but not before the defendants’ lawyers have their final say. All lawyers called for their clients to be acquitted on various grounds, citing a recent Spanish verdict, the UK based TV-links case and referring to the E-commerce directive. ([Torrentfreak](http://torrentfreak.com/the-final-day-of-the-pirate-bay-appeal-101015/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Apple is holding its 4th Q Investor** call Monday, October 18, 2010, 2:00 p.m. PDT/5:00 p.m. EDT. You can watch it live [here](www.apple.com/quicktime/qtv/earningsq410/).
- **Terra Music Fest** plans a equal parts online and live event. ([press release](http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/press/music-event-year,1502099.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- How to avoid the **boyband** graveyard. ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2010/oct/14/boybands-bros-big-fun-bay-city?ref=hypebot.com))
- Why do people hate **hipsters**? ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/oct/14/hate-hipsters-blogs?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Asthmatic Kitty** Talks 'Age of Adz,' Realities Of Being An Indie Label. ([Prefix](http://www.prefixmag.com/news/asthmatic-kitty-talks-age-of-adz-realities-of-bein/44957/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Pandora adds gift subscriptions**. ([Digital Trends](http://news.yahoo.com/s/digitaltrends/20101014/tc%5Fdigitaltrends/pandoraannouncedgiftsubscriptions?ref=hypebot.com))
- Clever **Custom Software** Used to Reconstruct First Recorded Sounds. ([Atlantic](http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2010/10/clever-custom-software-used-to-reconstruct-first-recorded-sounds/64101/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **EMI** witnesses named as Citigroup deal hopes rise. ([Telegraph](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/8062732/EMI-witnesses-named-as-Citigroup-deal-hopes-rise.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- Where To Build Your **Fan Base** Online. ([DJTech](http://www.djtechtools.com/2010/10/11/where-to-build-your-fan-base-online/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Ke$ha** joins the quick-turnaround EP trend with 'Cannibal'. ([LATimes](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music%5Fblog/2010/10/kesha-joins-the-quick-ep-wave-with-cannibal.html?ref=hypebot.com))