New Music Industry Briefing For Monday June 26, 2006

PayPlay.FM opens with a library of 600,000 indie songs selling for as low as 77 cents a track and $7.77 per album and offers encryption that allows songs to be copied and shared on peer-to-peer networks but cannot be played until payment is received. (Press Release)

– Cyber thieves are using P2P’s to attack individuals and businesses. (PC Magazine)

– First looks at the new Creative Zen V Plus and Toshiba Gigabeat S audio/video players. (Engadget)

– Highlights of the Music Matters panel at last week’s Digital Media Conference (Digital Media Wire)