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# Music Industry News: Net Neutrality, Ringtones, Backup Singer Demands $250M, P2P Slump? & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-industry-news-net-neutrality-riaa-crowdsourcing/
- Published: 2010-12-13T07:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-12-13T07:00:00.000Z
- Description: Just 10 days before the big FCC announcement on net neutrality rules that could hurt the music industry, one FCC commissioners says the rules should also include mobile. (ars) Who. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/12/music-industry-news-net-neutrality-riaa-crowdsourcing.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 10:59

- Just 10 days before the big **FCC** announcement on **net neutrality rules** that could [hurt the music industry](https://www.hypebot.com/fcc-net-neutrality-rules-could-deliver-major-blow-to-music-tech-new-music-industry/), one FCC commissioners says the rules should also **include mobile**. ([ars](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/12/fcc-commissioner-warns-against-two-internet-worlds---wired-and-wireless.ars?ref=hypebot.com))
- **Who cares about ringtones?** They were once going to be the saviour of the music industry, but last week the domain **ringtones.com** went for a mere $750,000\. ([MocoNews](http://moconews.net/article/419-mobile-streams-sells-ringtones.com-for-750k/?ref=hypebot.com))*Two years ago it was probably worth 3-5 times that.*
- **2010 in Music**: The Year That Went Pop. ([Billboard](http://www.billboard.com/features/2010-in-music-the-year-that-went-pop-1004134336.story?ref=hypebot.com#/features/2010-in-music-the-year-that-went-pop-1004134336.story?page=1))

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- Could **Crowdsourced Funding** Be a Future Solution for Indie Labels? ([SF](http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2010/12/could%5Fcrowdsourced%5Ffunding%5Fbe.php?ref=hypebot.com))
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