Record labels report millions of dollars worth of losses per year due illegal downloads and piracy, but a new website aims to put an end to the piracy business, Murad Ahmed of the Times Online explains;

The new free streaming service wants to re-define our relationship with music by forging unlikely alliances in the business

The association of independent music has recently announced the return of the UK’s biggest digital music networking event Music Connected;
Music Connected is a 1-day event focused on the digital world and independent music companies, tightly targeted and without unnecessary frills, that delivers a fantastic return on time and money.

This article is a collection of interviews with music artists ranging from Badly Drawn Boy to Kate Nash, who have created a new protest group titled the Featured Artists’ Coalition. The FAC is campaigning for specific changes within the music industry when it comes to the rights over their work; their ultimate aim is to give music artists (new and old) more control over their own music and the profit it generates.

The Association of Independent Music (AIM) reports on the apointment  of the Chairman and Vice Chairs of the Worldwide independent network, which gives support to independent musicians and record labels;

The Board meeting of the international independent music association WIN  at Midem this year marked the completion of Alison Wenham’s two-years of inaugural Presidency, which has