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# Music Industry News: Italian Industry Slumps, MySpace, LimeWire, Spotify Sceptics & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/more-news-8-2/
- Published: 2010-10-28T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-10-28T07:00:00.000Z
- Description: Report: Italian industry slumped by 9% in 2009. (MusicAlly) Barnes and Noble Rip Out Music Section. (MP3News) Myspace Accused Of Ripping Off Stealth Startup Pinterest. (TechCrunch) Dozens of alternatives to LimeWire. (TorrentFreak) CitiGroup's Wormsley denies on the. Continue reading [https://www.hy
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- Report: **Italian industry** slumped by 9% in 2009\. ([MusicAlly](http://musically.com/blog/2010/10/28/report-italian-industry-slumped-by-9-in-2009/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Barnes and Noble** Rip Out Music Section. ([MP3News](http://www.mp3newswire.net/stories/2010/Barnes-Nobel.htm?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Myspace** Accused Of Ripping Off Stealth Startup Pinterest. ([TechCrunch](http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/27/myspace-pinterest/?ref=hypebot.com))
- Dozens of alternatives to **LimeWire**. ([TorrentFreak](http://torrentfreak.com/great-alternatives-to-limewire-101027/?ref=hypebot.com))
- CitiGroup's **Wormsley** denies on the witness stand giving **EMI** bid details to Rerra Firma's Guy Hands. ([Guardian](http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/oct/27/wormsley-denies-giving-emi-bid-details-in-court?ref=hypebot.com))
- Hey, **Spotify** Sceptics – International Is Hard To Do. ([PaidContent](http://paidcontent.org/article/419-hey-spotify-sceptics-international-is-hard-to-do/?ref=hypebot.com))
- **France** to start Carte Musique digital music subsidy plan. ([DW](http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6158141,00.html?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Napster** app for Android now offers offline play for subscribers.

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- **LimeWire's demise**: We revisit six peer-to-peer file sharing services. ([PCWorld](http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/365968/limewire%5Fdemise%5Fwe%5Frevisit%5Fsix%5Fpeer-to-peer%5Ffile%5Fsharing%5Fservices%5F/?ref=hypebot.com))
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- Simplify **Music 2.0** Does What iTunes and iPhone Should Do Natively. ([NYT](http://www.nytimes.com/external/gigaom/2010/10/26/26gigaom-simplify-music-20-does-what-itunes-and-iphone-sho-65318.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&ref=hypebot.com))