links for 2008-04-04

Apr 4, 2008 Author: Adrian Fusiarski | Filed under: Uncategorized

5 Ways to Test If Your ISP Throttles P2P « NewTeeVee

Do your torrent downloads seem to be taking longer than usual? Are you trying to transfer, say, a home video to a friend via Pando and the upload keeps getting stuck?
7 Tips to Writing a Crowd Drawing MySpace Blog | Independent Music Marketing Resources at MaxLowe.net

So, you’ve decided to create a blog on MySpace - one of the single most effective ways to draw an audience to your profile.
Music on Tube - ProgrammableWeb Mashup Detail

Combines Flickr, Last.fm and YouTube. Create your own folders, drag your videos, and view videos in a player.
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Procol Harum ruling is overturned

Procol Harum lead singer Gary Brooker has won back full royalty rights to the band’s worldwide hit, A Whiter Shade of Pale, at London’s Court of Appeal.
Apple Surpasses Wal-Mart As Number One U.S. Music Seller | paidContent.org

Less than two months after edging out Best Buy and Target for the number two spot, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) says it has now passed Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) as the number one largest music retailer in the U.S.
A VC: Mixtapes - A Hobby That Just Won’t Quit

Back in the day of the cassette tape, making mixtapes was one of my favorite pastimes. I made them for friends.
hypebot: MySpace Music - 5 Winners & 5 Losers

The devil is in the unrevealed and perhaps even un-negotiated details of the just announced MySpace Music joint venture with the major labels.
Lefsetz Letter » Blog Archive » The MySpace Deal

If this had happened even one year ago, it would be considered a big deal. But at this point, with iMeem streaming music, with music available free, with major labels having less power than ever before, it merits little more than a shrug.