Music industry news from Hypebot:
The RIAA won a big jury trial for illegal downloads and a single Mom now owes them $220K. But was this really a victory for the music industry?
The Top 5 Sites for DRM Free Music plus 2 dishonorable mentions. OurDigitalMusic.com took a look at the list from a consumer’s perspective.
Video of music commentator Bob Lefsetz on the future of the music industry from last week’s Digital Media West conference.
AmieStreet launched a Facebook application that lets you start a fantasy record label and compete for prizes.
Popular alternative rockers Radiohead released their latest album without a label selling it as a download using a "pay what you want" model. The Radiohead site was stalled last week by the high demand with most fans paying full price according to a spokesperson.
Hypebot asks if eMusic can survive the new Amazon mp3 store? Will more labels leave?
Microsoft unveiled a new line of Zunes. Here’s a video first look.
See ProHipHop’s Hypebot Industry News category for past roundups.
I was very much surprised by the outcome…sucks. That kind of money will be hard if not impossible for her to raise. In any case, it will just cause people to shift away from Kazaa (which is what she used) and towards legal file-sharing alternatives such as GigaTribe. GigaTribe is legal since you only share with people you know: http://www.gigatribe.com