Tuesday, July 13, 2010

TuneBlog News: Tuesday, July 13th Edition

New Band Signs on to Major Record Label – Where Does All the Money Go? 

If you’ve been around the copyright debate for a while, chances are, you’ve heard the labels in the debate argue over and over that the artists deserve to be paid. Really, though, if you look at the numbers of where money goes in a major record label when it comes to album sales, maybe the major labels should take that advice and actually pay their artists a decent amount of money for a change.

A copyright ruling no one can like

Legal experts sympathetic to copyright owners as well as those known for supporting technology companies are criticizing a federal judge's decision to lower a jury award in a high-profile lawsuit about file sharing. 

TheIndie.biz Launches “Social Buying and Selling” for Its Independent Music Site 

TheIndie.biz launched today its much-awaited social buying and selling feature allowing independent music fans to tag and feature their favorite songs as well as sell them through their Twitter, Facebook, Bebo, and MySpace accounts. This unique social buying and selling opportunity will also give independent bands a vast and exponentially growing network of virtual sales points for their music.