NASHVILLE, Tenn.–When people think of the Beatles coming to America, they usually conjure up images of the Ed Sullivan Show and screaming teenage girls chasing the Fab Four on the streets of New York. [MORE]

The 37-year-old Detroit musician posted a “special announcement” on YouTube last week urging fans to “steal everything.” [MORE]

Joss Stone, who won a Grammy last year, loves music, but hates the the music industry. In a recent interview she said that – unlike herself – most artists are brainwashed by the industry, and she encouraged people to share her music. [MORE]

Nine Inch Nails has released download data for their recent free album The Slip in a very unique way: A Google Earth KML file that maps exact download numbers according to geographic region. [MORE]

It claims to guess your mood and know exactly what you’ll want to listen to. [MORE]

There’s a new reason to hate the recording industry, at least according to the National Association of Broadcasters, which is trying to beat back proposed royalty legislation. [MORE]

There are now 219 signatures on a House resolution opposing a record industry effort to abolish radio’s royalty exemption. The addition of four representatives in the past week has given opponents a majority. The record industry’s musicFIRST coalition is still hoping to find some middle ground to keep the issue alive. The NAB says the fight’s far from over and is urging stations to keep lobbying local congressmen.
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The pirates of radio are losing their eye-patches and going legit. [MORE]

Plans to move all UK radio stations to digital radio and close medium wave frequencies have been put forward in a report by a government working group. [MORE]

The recording industry and U.S. radio companies have squared off for decades about whether AM and FM radio broadcasters should pay royalties to singers, musicians and their labels. [MORE]