In this week's digest: EMI starts the first major label blog, Youtube blocks music videos in Germany and Google offers free downloads in China.

This week in the news: The EU rejects a three strike rule for file-sharers, online music streaming services face up to major losses, and Radiohead's Ed O'Brien seeks a fair deal for new artists.

This week in the news: Spotify grows to iTunes proportions, SXSW laughs in the face of recession, and Bono blasts the file-sharers.

In this week's digest: No Ripcord celebrates its 10th birthday, we moan about not going to SXSW, Youtube squares up to the PRS, and the British Music Experience opens its doors.

Even though the cassette mix tape has been nearly extinct for years, its conceptual appeal remains strong. So when a new Web site, Muxtape.com, launched in March of this year to duplicate the mixed-tape idea in an online setting, an influx of users quickly began uploading to the site.

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