• EMI's global functional matrix continues to take form. Former Capitol COO Jeff Kempler has been given the newly-created position of COO, A&R labels, North America, UK and Ireland. He will report to Nick Gatfield, the president of A&R labels, North America, UK and Ireland. (Music Week)

• CD duplication company MediaTechnics has signed a letter of intent to purchase Global Music Group, the company that recently was awarded the assets of Death Row Records. What a sad story for a once-strong label. (Variety)

• The EFF and some public interest groups filed comments today with the Copyright Office urging it to "clarify the process for licensing digital music services" of the Section 115 compulsory license. "It's the music publishers that represent the last great obstacle to streamlined licensing," wrote Fred von Lohmann, "in large part because there are so many of them." This is really good reading for you copyright and licensing wonks. (EFF Deep Links blog)

• Comcast is setting a 250GB monthly limit on its broadband customers. According to the company, that amounts to 62,500 songs, 125 standard-definition movies or 50 million emails. (San Francisco Chronicle)

• Another vinyl article, this one about Warner Bros and its "Sound Matters" campaign. Said Warner/Reprise VP Tom Biery, “But it’s not about making huge profits, because vinyl sales are still a small fraction of overall sales. ... It’s about branding us. People at this big record company are really committed to having things sound right, sound great." (Boston Herald)

• I was pretty amazed by this article at Ars Technica on a system used by Northwestern University (and created by the University of Michigan) that sends emails to suspected P2P uploaders. The software system, called Be Aware You're Uploading, has been effective in educating students and reducing shared content. The article's money shot: "While students generally know how to use computers and even P2P software when they enter college now, only a few really understand how such systems work. And while students install such programs voluntarily, many aren't actually aware that P2P apps install sharing directories and can default to uploading user files." (Ars Technica)