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# REWIND: Mulve Hits The Scene, Music Should Cost More Than A Latte, File-Sharers Go To Hell, & More
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/rewind-1-6/
- Published: 2010-09-25T11:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-09-25T11:00:00.000Z
- Description: The music industry started the week out with a massive net attack that took down the sites of the RIAA and MPAA for a few hours. Then came the unexpected announcement. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/09/rewind-1-6.html]
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The music industry started the week out with a [massive net attack](https://www.hypebot.com/internet-attackers-force-riaa-mpaa-sites-offline/) that took down the sites of the **RIAA** and **MPAA** for a few hours. Then came the unexpected announcement that renowned music industry blogger **Eliot Van Buskirk** is [leaving](http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/09/wired-com-writer-announces-departure-from-prize-winning-publication/?ref=hypebot.com) *Wired* and working for The EchoNest. **MySpace** is continuing its efforts to stay relevant in the changing climate and is looking to do a visual refresh of the site on the [15th of October](https://www.hypebot.com/project-futura-new-myspace-to-launch-oct-15/). **The Supreme Court** may hear their [first file-sharing case](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/supreme-court-could-take-its-first-riaa-file-sharing-case.ars?ref=hypebot.com). As well, Spanish courts have ruled that **YouTube** isn’t [liable](http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/09/spain-youtube-not-liable-for-user-uploads.ars?ref=hypebot.com) for user uploads. The music download tool **Mulve** hit the scene and is looking to be the industry’s [worst nightmare come true](https://www.hypebot.com/mulve-music-down-tool-the-recorded-music-industrys-worst-nightmare-comes-true/).

**Rewind With Hypebot's Music Industry Week In Review:** 

**News:**
- Indie label **Asthmatic Kitty** thinks **Amazon** is great. But, argues that [their artist’s music are worth more than a latte](https://www.hypebot.com/indie-label-asthmatic-kitty-to-amazon-sufjan-stevens-is-worth-more-than-the-cost-of-a-latte/).
- **Mulve** is a **new download tool** that could very well be [the record industry’s worst nightmare come true](https://www.hypebot.com/mulve-music-down-tool-the-recorded-music-industrys-worst-nightmare-comes-true/).
- **Members of the European parliament** have adopted an **initiative report** that calls for [harsher piracy punishments](https://www.hypebot.com/the-gallo-report-adopted-proclaimed-as-a-stab-in-the-back-of-citizens-freedoms/).
- Artists can [find food Denver](https://www.hypebot.com/starving-artists-find-food-at-illegal-petes-in-denver/) and use **Better Than The Van** to [find a place to stay](https://www.hypebot.com/better-than-the-van-couchsurfing-for-musicians/) there while they’re on tour.
- **MySpace Records** has partnered with **Downtown Music**, [a indie music marketing and distribution firm](https://www.hypebot.com/myspace-records-partners-wdowntown-names-gm/).
- **Internet attackers** forced the sites of the **RIAA** and **MPAA** offline [this past Sunday](https://www.hypebot.com/internet-attackers-force-riaa-mpaa-sites-offline/).
- Hypebot takes a look at **Billboard** and tries to understand **how the fall of advertising** will affect[their content](https://www.hypebot.com/as-ads-shrink-will-billboard-become-rolling-stone/).
- **OK Go** has signed on with **Samsung electronics** to fund their next [viral video project](https://www.hypebot.com/ok-go-signs-with-samsung-to-create-music-video/).
- **Trent Reznor** is releasing the soundtrack for the movie **The Social Network**. Oddly, [there’s no high-end grabs](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/09/trent-reznors-odd-strategy-for-movie-soundtrack-.html).
- A **study has been released** that indicates that **fans are interested in spending more than $10** [on artists](https://www.hypebot.com/study-fans-really-want-to-spend-more-than-10/).
- **Metric** is **crowdsourcing the remix** of their album and **paying great dividends to fans** who [come out on top](https://www.hypebot.com/metric-crowdsources-remix-with-indaba-music/).
**Views:**
- There are more than **five ways** to **ruin your relationship with your fans**. Here’s [a glance](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/09/5-ways-to-ruin-your-relationship-with-your-fans-.html) at how to avoid that fate.
- Music marketer **Greg Rollett** wrote up a **case-study** about [how technology is changing the album release](https://www.hypebot.com/how-technology-is-changing-the-album-release/).
- Sarcasm or not, **Elbow** said that [file-sharers have a special place in hell](https://www.hypebot.com/music-pirates-have-a-special-place-in-hell-or-not/). Hypebot argued that’s not very likely.
- **Bookstores** charge their customers for **the price of now**. But, are they charging for [what should be the bonus](https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/09/the-price-of-now-why-i-hate-bookstores-.html)?
- **Radiohead** changed music and the industry around it. A look at **musicians as journalists** and [music as events](https://www.hypebot.com/music-as-events-musicians-as-journalists/).
- **3D technology** could be a boon **the struggling industry**. Hypebot says major labels [shouldn’t get hopes too high](https://www.hypebot.com/now-in-3d-live-shows-and-backward-thinking/).
- Hypebot asked the readers if **artists** in the digital age are **more pressured to conform**. Take [a look at their views](https://www.hypebot.com/are-artists-more-pressured-to-conform/).
- **Duncan Freeman** of *Indie Music Tech* takes a look at the [10 resources that help musicians book gigs online](https://www.hypebot.com/10-resources-that-help-musicans-book-gigs-online/).
- The **RIAA** has fundamentally **failed to change the culture of file-sharing**. Hypebot wonders [why that is](https://www.hypebot.com/what-is-the-riaa-hoping-to-change/).
- Hypebot interviewed **Michelle You**, who is cofounder and Head of Product at **Songkick**; the live music database. (**[Part 1](https://www.hypebot.com/our-service-is-pretty-simple-track-your-favorite-bands-never-miss-them-live-says-michelle-you-head-o/)**) (**[Part 2](https://www.hypebot.com/an-effort-to-become-the-imdb-of-live-music-an-interview-with-michelle-you-of-songkick/)**)