This Week: an interview with Geoff Ralston CEO of Lala on the company’s latest deals with Facebook and Google. Also in the news: Soundcloud, Spotify, the EU on three strikes law, Real Networks, the rise of VPNs and Steve Knopper’s movie deal.

Shownotes:

www.lala.com

The Soundcloud iPhone app to hit the iTunes store on the 17th of November

http://musically.com/blog/2009/11/04/soundcloud-theres-an-iphone-app-for-that/

The Register reveals the latest Spotify figures

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/05/spotify_exclusive/

The European Union relaxes its stance on the implementation of the three strikes law.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie21418ac624effebac94af608bacb381

“Appetite for Self-Destruction” to become a HBO movie.

http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ib0e5fce5a1ad325c72ed15c7d22e041a

Real Networks announces more layoffs.

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-realnetworks-laying-off-4-percent-of-staff-today-about-70-jobs/

Bluebeat.com takes on the likes of EMI in an unlikely copyright dispute

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/11/about-those-beatles-songs-its-weirder-than-you-thought.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

Swedish internet users are flocking to VPNs to hide their identity

http://torrentfreak.com/millions-of-file-sharers-hide-their-identities-online-091103/