Music Industry News: Beatles Beat Bluebeat, Net Radio, MyYouTube, Stinger, Napster, Mute & More

• Judge: Music website Blubeat.com violated Beatles copyrights. (AP)
• Study says 48% of internet radio listeners skip terrestrial signal. (FMQB)
• 50 top music artists participate in MyYouTube Contest (YouTube)
• Rob Stringer, Rick Rubin and the Real Story at Columbia Records (Wayne Russo)

More Music Industry News & Commentary:

• All of Billboard's 2010 year end charts here.
• Napster that higher frequencies were being dropped from their iPhone app and fix is now available.
  When will we learn to enjoy our music again? (JB)
• Ditto Music Launch Their 10th Unsigned Artist Into The UK Top 40 Singles chart. (Press)
• After severing ties with EMI, now fully indie label Mute has announced a company wide consolidation.
• Anonymous Appears to Threaten Electronic Frontier Foundation with DDOS Attack. (RWW)
• 64% of Brits think CDs will be obsolete by 2015. (NW)
• Survey: 8% of online Americans use Twitter. (CNET) 
• Delays in longer iTunes song samples cause confusion. (CNET) 
• HMV struggles to survive amid tumbling sales. The last surviving major music chain reports £40m loss as supermarkets, online retailers and downloads hit profits. (Guardian)
• Freelance musicians falling on tough times as jobs dry up. (HT)
• Music Piracy In… The 1950s. (HYHI)
• Musicians, writers and their obsessions. (Guardian)