SPOTIFY ONLY FOR MAJORS? Spotify should give indies a fair deal on royalties. Independent labels have threatened to leave the music streaming service, claiming it treats them unfairly. industry | www.guardian.co.uk | fri, feb 04th, 2011	CROWDBANDS Crowdbands is a crowd sourcing platform that lets fans vote on a variety of band decisions - from album titles to tour dates to collaborations. industry | mashable.com | wed, jan 19th, 2011
SHAZAM MEETS SPOTIFY Music service Spotify will be integrated across the full range of Shazam's free and premium Apps for iPhone, iPod touch and Android.   industry | thu, jan 13th, 2011	OH MY[_____] Following heated rumours this week, MySpace has confirmed that it is laying off 47% of its staff – around 500 people – as part of a global restructure. industry | musically.com | wed, jan 12th, 2011
MUSIC FRAUD! A man has admitted being involved in a £500,000 fraud in which he used stolen credit card details to buy his own songs on iTunes and Amazon = royalties! industry | www.bbc.co.uk | mon, dec 27th, 2010	TWITTER BLUES What do 2.5 million Twitter followers get you? Are Twitter follower stats becoming as meaningless as MySpace friend stats have become? industry | www.billboard.biz | mon, dec 20th, 2010
CLINTON SUES BLACK EYED PEAS George Clinton has filed a copyright lawsuit against members of the Black Eyed Peas, their label and music publisher for allegedly sampling "(Not Just) Knee Deep." industry | www.reuters.com | tue, dec 14th, 2010	MY MAJOR COMPANY My Major Company is a new fan-funded record label that gives internet users and music fans the ability to invest in the career of the label’s artists. industry | eu.techcrunch.com | sat, dec 11th, 2010
GOOGLE TO FIGHT (MUSIC) PIRACY As the web has grown, Google has seen a growing number of issues relating to infringing content. Today, they announced four changes to take action against it. industry | googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com | thu, dec 02nd, 2010	IF YOU CAN’T BEAT THEM .... MySpace and Facebook - bitter enemies until Facebook left MySpace far in the dust - have announced new and tighter integrations between the two. industry | www.ecommercetimes.com | sat, nov 27th, 2010
GET YOUR GROUP ON! The succesful US-based startup groupon.com offers daily deals to consumers based on their location. The company just got into music as well. industry | musically.com | thu, nov 25th, 2010	WE LOVE ALTSOUNDS IN PRINT The first ever Altsounds in print! Browse it from their website (click on it and don't forget to zoom in). A MUST buy as far as we're concerned. industry | hangout.altsounds.com | thu, nov 18th, 2010
PIRATE VERSION OF LIMEWIRE LimeWire is back online with a new pirate version after being shut down by a court action brought by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). industry | uk.news.yahoo.com | wed, nov 10th, 2010	EMI MAY GET BIDS Warner and BMG Rights are among companies that have expressed an interest in buying EMI’s publishing and recorded assets. industry | www.businessweek.com | tue, nov 09th, 2010
ONE MORE TUNE Warner Music UK today announced a new imprint, One More Tune (OMT), which will sign and nurture dance talent from the UK and around the world.   industry | thu, nov 04th, 2010 | 1 2	WHO IS (COPY) RIGHT? Michael Robertson has tweaked the music industry for years. But in his latest copyright fight with EMI Music, the founder of MP3tunes.com could be betting all the marbles. industry | news.cnet.com | thu, nov 04th, 2010
SOUNDS/TO/SAMPLE/TO/BEATPORT Beatportal.com reports this week the acquisition of Sounds/To/Sample by Beatport. S/T/S is a download store where producers can buy loops and samples.   industry | wed, nov 03rd, 2010	LIMEWIRE SHUT DOWN LimeWire, one of the world's most popular peer-to-peer filesharing websites, has been shut down after a four-year legal battle with the US music industry. industry | www.guardian.co.uk | sat, oct 30th, 2010