Music industry news from Hypebot:

Sony tries AmieStreet's variable pricing but adds major restrictions.

UK artist Lilly Allen speaks out on piracy, quits her campaign after facing nasty backlash,  and then shows up at a meeting of other artists called The Featured Artists Coalition and wins their support for a modified 3 strikes plan. VOTE: Do You Support Lilly Allen and FAC's Anti-P2P Plan?

Social Networking: 6 Ways To Make The Most Of Twitter's 140 Characters, MySpace beats Facebook with Twitter synch and Robo.to adds microvideos to social networking.

Video: Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons briefly reminisce.

Music Ringtones Continue Decline

WMG's Rhino Records lays off 30-40.

Kyle Bylin's The Digital Dilemma: Finding a Path to Salvation

The Music Industry Pays The Price Of Negativity – It's Time For A New Conversation.

Seth Godin: "Win the fight, lose the customer."

Who Says CD Sales Are Dead? Remastered Beatles Sell 2.25 Million In 2 Weeks.

Just 9% of users are willing to pay for Spotify Premium.

RIAA Chief says the Music industry has "5 Reasons for Optimism".

Guest essay: Lefsetz Is Wrong.

Study: Illegal downloaders also buy and stream music.

Lawsuit claims Guitar Center, NAMM fixed prices.

New Music Seminar comes to Chicago Oct. 6th

The Smashing Pumpkins will use the freemium model to release their new album.

New Music Tech: Mobile video so far: promise vs. progress, Genro.tv encourages fan created "official" videos with contests and community and the Georgia Tech Edison Fund invests in Band Metrics.

Midem adds a music tech showcase and 2 major keynotes.

See ProHipHop's Hypebot Industry News category for past roundups.