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Tuesday’s Music Brief: EMI & UMG Down, Pirate Bay, Spotify, Spinal Tap & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES: Terra Firma Writes Off $1.7 Billion In EMI Investment Neil Young On The WMG YouTube Battle UMG Results Don't Suck As Bad As Rivals Did Bandcamp Exits Beta. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2009/03/tuesdays-music-brief-7.html]

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  • Pirate
    Pirate Bay trials winds down
    with a call for one year jail terms. (thelocal.se)
  • A comeback for low power FM? (ars)
  • Digital Music: Basically, No One Has Any Idea (Idolator)
  • "21st Century Radio" Spotify hits 1 million users. (MediaWeek)
  • Ministry Of Sound takes legal action over the abrupt shutdown of digital marketing and direct to consumer firm Trinity Street. (Billboard.biz)
  • iTunes Offers To "Upgrade" The Already DRM-Free Songs You Bought From Amazon. (Consumerist)
  • Eminem Court Battle: Should artists get 12% or 50% royalties from iTunes sales? (ars)
  • The three stars of Spinal Tap are reuniting for a 30 city Unwigged & Unplugged Tour
  • Why You'll Buy-Not Download-U2's "No Line On The Horizon" (Fast Company)