I don't have complete details yet, but just got word from the Harvard students and teacher defending the family who is being sued for $1 million for downloading 7 songs,. Continue reading

OK all of ya'll who are in Cannes or on our way here: the Topspin Hypebot Midem Meetup has moved as we knew it would.  I'll let Ian tell you. Continue reading

The Long Tail theory has come under heavy fire recently. But eMusic says the critics are wrong and that 75% its indie-only 5 million track catalog sold at least once. Continue reading

Mobile content provider Thumbplay is adding to the toolkit that it offers indie artists and labels.  In the coming month the company tells Hypebot that it will: launch a new. Continue reading

The demise of the CD has been well documented but one indie retailer is bucking the trend.  CD Baby and their mostly d.i.y. artists are actually seeing growth: 1,013,478 CDs. Continue reading

Where possible convert your tour dates and news so they are spreadable via rss feeds. I won't go into how they work here, but real simple syndication is, for example,. Continue reading

IFPI releases its latest Digital Music Report: 95% of music downloads are unauthorized, with no payment to artists and producers. Global digital sales grew 25%.  (IFPI) Public broadcasters agree to. Continue reading

Indie heavyweights Nettwerk, INgrooves, IRIS Distribution, RoyaltyShare and Wind-up have all signed deals to have their music featured and sold on MySpace Music. Indie aggregators The Orchard and IODA signed. Continue reading

The RIAA says it is abandoning new lawsuits against file sharers. but existing court actions are moving forward.  Thanks to a team of Harvard law students, one of these trials. Continue reading