Friday’s Music Brief: Darknets, Nimbit, Net Radio Royalties, Tap Tap Revenge & More

HYPEBOT FEATURES:

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  Limewire Darknet Client Broadens Front In Pointless P2P Battle
  
• Nimbit Gets $1M For Music Commerce Platform
• Online Concert Site Fabchannel Shuts Down
• Band Uses 4 iPhone Apps To Produce Viral Hit
• Interview: Jed Carlson of ReverbNation (Part Three)
• After Leak, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Rush Digital Release
• DAILY DIY: Develop Your Personal Brand
• Apple Corps Gives MTV What It Won't Give Apple Inc: The Beatles
• Will YouTube's Vevo Music Hub "Do No Harm" To Indies?

MORE INDUSTRY NEWS:

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  The internet-radio royalty dispute is heading to court. "The dysfunctional music industry suffers from a classic case of biting the hand that feeds it." (MarketWatch)
• Game Tap Tap Revenge 2 which includes 159 free indie tracks is now the #1 iPhone App. (Tapulous)
• More Choruss: A one how conversation with Jim Griffin. (Educause via EFF)
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  WILL THINGS EVER CHANGE? – In his post "Recording Industry, Once Again, Stomps Out Optimism", Techdirt's Mike Masnick adds his own gloomy thoughts to two posts on the MidemNet blog, my own "Are We Really Moving From Control To Collaboration?" and Ted Cohen's "It's Time To Get On The Same Page".  Masnick believes that not until the old guard is swept away will real change happen in the music industy. I know too many good and talented people at some record labe4ls to go that far, but Mike sure does have a point…(Techdirt)
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  ReverbNation has launched an enhanced online press kit as part of its growing suite of paid services that compliment its free online marketing tools. (ReverbNation) I'm working on a story comparing online EPK services and would love your EPK experiences to be included in the article. Leave your thoughts in the comment section below.