Tom Silverman on the music business resurrection

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/tom-silverman-on-the-music-business-resurrection.html

Sony Music exec says Spotify doesn't cannibalise

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/sony-music-exec-says-streaming-does-not-cannibilize-sales-midem.html

and more from Spotify in here: http://musically.com/2012/01/26/live-from-universal-musics-investors-open-day/

EMI VP says piracy is a service issue

http://torrentfreak.com/emi-boss-opposes-sopa-says-piracy-is-a-service-issue-120125/

Rob Wells: the idea that Spotify cannibalizes sales is bogus

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/record-labels/rob-wells-universal-music-s-global-digital-1005968752.story

One Big Database Could Save the Music Business with Billions of Tiny Rivulets

http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2012/01/database-save-music-business/

8 things Spotify could do to show they care about musicians

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/8-things-spotify-could-do-right-now-to-show-they-care-about-musicians.html

Here's a List of Every Single Digital Music Service In the World...

"That is, legal or 'legitimate' services as recognized by label trade group IFPI (which means a few, really big services are missing). Still, this is a list of more than 500 services across 78 countries, which begs the question: why aren't they selling more?"

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120123service

support for the MegaUpload takedown

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2012/120120megasupport

99.9% of Tunecore artists make less than minimum wage

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/permalink/2011/111123tunecore

Scott Perry changes his mind about release windows and Spotify

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2012/01/scott-perry-talks-to-spotify-the-case-for-day-date-music-streaming.html

The Tim Ferriss Effect - promoting via single-person blogs

http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/01/11/the-tim-ferriss-effect/

how ten major songwriters make money

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/how-10-major-songwriters-make-big-money-20120119

featuring The Dream, Dan Wilson, Lady Gaga, Mark Foster, Dr Luke, Max Martin, Bonnie McKee, Cee-Lo Green, Taylor Swift, Will.i.am, Benny Blanco and Eminem.

abuse of YouTube's ContentID scheme

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/matt-keil/youtube-content-id-system_b_1213256.html

Does piracy cause economic harm?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/01/15/does-piracy-cause-economic-harm-how-to-think-about-economic-frontiers/

The Pirate Bay will stop serving torrents

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-will-stop-serving-torrents-120112/

Business Week article about Spotify

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/spotify-doesnt-sound-so-great-to-some-artists-01052012.html