• The BPI responds to Carphone Warehouse's complaints about its efforts to restrict ISP usage for customers found to be illegally trading files. "In claiming that the music industry is asking it to become the 'internet police', 'impinge customers rights' or 'restrict freedom to use of the internet', Talk Talk is either seeking to misrepresent our position, or just doesn't get it." (mi2n.com)

• Wal-Mart is flying the DRM-free flag. Tracks from Sony BMG and Warner Music Group are net yet part of its online offering. (Digital Music News)

• imeem has acquired Snocap. (The Register)

• A test of five P2P filtering technologies found good performance but room for improvement. The test was sponsored by Internet Evolution and Syndicat National de l’Édition Phonographique, the French music industry trade group. (Internet Evolution , via Mashable)

• European Union politicians fight back against three strike rules for policing ISP traffic. (EFF)

• A Q&A with Charles Attal from C3 Presents (Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits Music Festival). On the leaking of the Lollapalooza lineup: "It's not cool. You embargo the lineups and you try to wait until everybody is coordinated, all the bands. You try to do it the right way so everybody is on the same page, but some people don't pay attention to the embargoes. They leak it out, it's out there, half of it's true, half of it's not true. You end up having to back-pedal to make sure everybody's on the same page." (Billboard.biz)