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More Music News Tues. 9.08.09: iPod Tax, Digital Beatles, Beggars To China, MySpace Music UK Stalls & Much More

  • Stay tuned for Apple's big music announcement on Wednesday.  Here are the rumors and predictions.
  • Some in Canada are proposing that a small fee levied on CDRs be extended to iPods and other portable players. (CNews)
  • UK flag MySpace Music UK launch faces more obstacles – The advertiser-funded streaming service has failed to sign key licensing deals with the Performing Rights Society for Music and Britain’s major independent labels, further delaying launch for an uncertain amount of time. (Telegraph)
  • The remastered Beatles tracks are "like nothing you've ever heard before". (SFGate) Is iTunes next?
  • Indie label group Beggars enters China market. (Bllboard)
  • Pirated artist orders raid on Sony Music Mexico office. (TorrentFreak)
  • A list of music tech investments so far in 2009. (Indie Music Tech)
  • Your Digital Record, is a free Web start-up with the aim of providing a 360 fan experience and new platform for artists entering the online market. (NY Times Forte Greene blog)
  • RIAA toiletpaper RIAA Continues Pirating Fight -The Recording Industry Association of America has requested that Joel Tenenbaum, the Boston University graduate student convicted of illegal file-sharing, be slapped with an injunction for allegedly inciting file-sharing activities through online mediums. (Harvard Crimson)
  • Irish ISP Eircom announced that it is working on a new music service with all four major label groups. The company also said it would be blocking access to Pirate Bay, (Eircom)
  • Creative adds a touch screen Zen to it's poratble player line. (CNet)
  • Hoodiny Entertainment Group, a digital entertainment and content production company, and parent of Cyloop.com, announced the appointment of Victor Kong as the company’s new Executive Vice President of Sales and Business Development. A digital media veteran, Kong most recently held the position of Vice President and Managing Director of MySpace for the Latin America & US Hispanics divisions.  
  • 7 Million UK file-sharers myth debunked. (ZeroPaid)

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