a handy guide to YouTube Downloaders (one of which is being sued)

http://torrentfreak.com/youtube-downloader-site-sued-by-worlds-biggest-music-labels-110826

the Avicii vs. Leona Lewis saga

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2011/aug/26/topline-melody-disputes-artists-songwriters?CMP=twt_gu

a new file hosting site from two people behind the Pirate Bay

http://torrentfreak.com/bayfiles-the-pirate-bay-founders-launch-file-hosting-site-110829/

Which? on potential problems with the proposed PRS traffic light system for music websites

http://conversation.which.co.uk/technology/music-downloads-website-illegal-copyright-traffic-light/

interview with Tim Clark

http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-features/industry/2011/08/26/the-hot-seat-tim-clark/

EMI and Bill Nelson's royalties

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110808/04134515432/emi-doesnt-pay-royalties-it-does-to-wrong-people-it-doesnt-maybe-it-does.shtml

BBM Music

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/industry/digital-and-mobile/blackberry-music-service-becomes-official-1005327972.story

Price is the problem, not pirates

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/23/riaa_is_suing_the_wrong_targets/

Techdirt on The Beatles' Music Matters video

http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110818/12234515587/is-talking-about-beatles-as-wonderful-shared-experience-really-wise-anti-piracy-psa.shtml

interesting YouTube channel where songs are dissected with improvements suggested

http://www.youtube.com/Tweakatune

some interesting points from Ian Rogers about how to become a middle class artist in the US

http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/how-middle-class-musicians-navigate-the-nodes-on-the-network.html

IFPI estimates average investment in new and superstar artists

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/081211albumcost#cHRHU2lHoLsk0ldZ3aapRw

why Century Media are pulling out of Spotify

http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/080911centuryspotify#jKRC6uAlm_gIpvIbNSZQlA

RIAA chief Mitch Bainwol sends a goodbye letter to the music industry

http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2011/08/riaa-chief-mitch-bainwol-sends-a-goodbye-letter-to-the-music-industry-full-text.html

video of Malcolm Gladwell on 10,000 hours

article about how Caro Emerald has broken the UK

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/music/article-23976066-caro-emerald-sings-the-blues.do

The mystery man behind Megaupload

http://www.zdnet.com.au/the-mystery-man-behind-megaupload-339319892.htm

Bullying Anti-Piracy Lawyers Fined and Suspended

http://torrentfreak.com/bullying-anti-piracy-lawyers-fined-and-suspended-110802/

quite an entertaining video with the manager Andy Gould, by Ian Rogers