Apple’s iPhone music download is heading East and soon its rabid fans all over Europe will be salivating like so many dogs over the subtle lines and impressive functionality. While this latest move seems set to offer the iPhone music only to the UK, France and Germany, it is a definitely a step in the right direction. Once there, it should only be a matter of finding the right carriers and partners before it is offered in other countries in Western Europe. How to download music on iPhone

These are exciting times for Apple: not only is the music downloadable on iPhone moving into new territory, but the new iPod nano looks set to make a welcome appearance. Fans managed to get a few poor quality photos of the device and its facelift onto the Internet. Hard working lawyers got them off again just as quickly (no doubt using their iPhone downloads for most of the work).

It seems Apple doesn’t have to do a great deal these days to tempt its fans with its latest offerings. Good for Jobs.

For those unfamiliar with the term, “sneakernet” refers to the act of using external devices to transfer files from one computer to another. These files can, of course, be music files. A recent study by the British Music Rights (BMR) organisation suggests that sneakernet is a bigger threat to the music industry than filesharing.

While the RIAA is going after people for using filesharing networks like Limewire and Ares, kids are swapping the contents of their hard drives with each other on a daily basis without fear of being prosecuted.

Feargal Sharkey, who leads the BMR, said that the problem online is dwarfed by what goes on offline. This harks back to the argument that we have all been copying cassettes and tapes for years without being told that we have been doing anything wrong.

According to the study, home copying remains more popular than filesharing. Some people still even record off the radio. Food for thought as the filesharing battle rages on.

MySpace is apparently on the verge of launch a site for music downloads, ringtone downloads and, most importantly, desktop wallpaper.

People will also be able to buy music merchandise and concert tickets from the new service. We’ve been hearing rumblings of this “amazing” MySpace music-download site for a while, but it looks like it’s finally coming to fruition.

No word yet on how much the music downloads will cost, but you can be sure that they’ll be more expensive than on filesharing networks.

Although we don’t like MySpace and its horrible profile pages, there have been some decent artists who broke into the mainstream thanks to the website. We adore Lily Allen so we’ll be keeping an eye on the new website.

Sony BMG, Universal and Warner are all on board with MySpace, so the choice of music downloads should be pretty decent. MySpace is yet to announce an official launch date for the service.

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These initial investments will help your new home business more than they hurt your wallet. Think very carefully before spending any more, but think even more carefully if you are not intending to spend money: it may be a false economy.

Reports have been flying around the Internet this week that Virgin Media has come to some sort of agreement with the UK music industry to begin a scheme that would deter filesharing.

Virgin Media has denied these claims, but admitted that it had discussed the infamous three-strikes scheme with the music industry, so it looks likely that the clampdown on filesharing is about to become a reality in the UK, although it’s unclear what this will entail.

People who use filesharing services like ares to get free music downloads will, under the proposed scheme, be given two warnings before their final strike, which will result in their Internet connection being cut.

Virgin Media has actually come out and said that it isn’t really in favor of such actions against filesharing, citing privacy and legal issues. The three-strikes system proposed by the UK music industry has come under fire from all corners of the Internet.

The guys at The Pirate Bay stuck a finger up at the IFPI as demands were made for damages totally $2.5 million. Chief Pirate Gottfrid Svartholm Warg told a newspaper that he told lawyers from the IFPI to “go screw themselves”.

Four Pirates were indicted in January for allegedly aiding the piracy of 24 albums, nine movies and four videogames.

Svartholm laughed off the indictment, saying that the $2.5 million figure likely came from multiplying the number of items by the number of times they were downloaded. Most downloaders would never have paid the full price for their music, games and movies, he added.

All this comes as Swedish artists came out this week in support of filesharing. Also this month, Trent Reznor uploaded part of his Ghosts I-IV to The Pirate Bay. It seems that all the action with regards to filesharing and music downloads is currently going on in Sweden.