More Music Industry News: EMI Buys Digital Stores, Shazam Soars, New Disney Music Site, Indie Labels Embrace Film, Seth Godin & More

• EMI Acquires Online Retail Service Digital Stores. (Billboard) It looks as if this major label is embracing direct to consumer sales.
• Music recognition service Shazam is adding 1 million new users a week. (Music Ally)
• Disney launches a new all music site. (press release)
• Did weak copyright laws help Germany outpace the British Empire? (ars)
• Getting the most out of the online "cloud." (Telegraph)
• D.I.Y. Music Labels Embrace D.I.Y. Film. (NYT)
• Seth Godin gives up book publishing. (Mashable)
• The fame formula: Think you're the next Lily Allen or Coldplay? Guy Blackman gets the lowdown on how to become the hottest act in town (and beyond). (SMH)
• Verizon-Google: There's a Hard Rain Coming. (HuffPost)
• The Future of Music Technology. (TechTalk)
• Music Anywhere marks the start of a wave of media-locker services. (telecoms)
• Copycats vs. Copyrights: Does it make sense to legally protect the fashion industry from knockoffs? (Newsweek)
• An Alphabet of [Music Industry] Arguments. (PitchFork)
• Ads are the new music cash cow. (Telegraph)
• Record industry a canary in coal mine for digital economy. (IrishTimes)