Monday’s Music Brief: Facebook Snag, iPhone Stats, Torrent Cloaks, IFPI Follies, Pirate Parties & More
The industry is back from NARM and we'll have video interviews that Virgil did there all week including today's with the owner of indie store Park Avenue. Meanwhile a lot of artists are pissed off that they couldn't grab a custom URL for there Facebook pages this weekend. And don't miss some surprising iPhone stats or my CD Baby podcast. PS: Kyle promises an essay later in the week tentatively called, "Killing Itself to Live: How the Record Industry Conceived It’s Own Demise".HYPEBOT FEATURES:
- Bands & Brands Hit Snag Registering Custom Facebook URL
- iPhone Users: Older, Richer & Watching More Videos
- Free To iTunes Distributor WaTunes Adds Video To VIP Service
- Hypebot On The CD Baby Podcast: Booking, The Musical Middle Class & More
- Live Nation Discounts All Lawn Seats
- Be sure you didn't miss anything with REWIND: The Music Industry's Week In Review
MORE MUSIC INDUSTRY NEWS:
- RESISTANCE IS FUTILE: BitBlinder – a new open source project promises to cloak torrents, hide browsing and get round many obstructive filters. (TorrentFreak)
- Despite setbacks in France and the UK, international music trade the IFPI still intends to push for "3 strikes" legislation. "I firmly believe in the 'three-strikes' approach," IFPI CEO John Kennedy told Billboard. "We need people to have incentives to migrate from free, both because there's a carrot [attractive legal services] and also the stick that there are consequences for going the illegal, free route. Spotify and We7 are obviously great [free ad-funded streaming] services that are available and there are more to come." That is, if the labels that fund the IFPI will license these services at reasonable rates.
- After winning two seats in the EU Parliment, the support for the Swedish Pirate Party seems to be growing throughout Europe. (ZeroPaid)
- A look inside EU ticketing fees. (Guardian)
- WORTHY CLICK: Bandizmo.com is a free promo tool for indie artists offering high grade uploads, search features with highly detailed genres. With members from over 70 countries the site is growing fast. Check it out and share what you think.
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