Two new open source projects build on streaming music service Grooveshark, making it possible to download instead of just listen to high-quality MP3 files. Groovejaar and Groove Shredder bypass the DMCA restrictions Grooveshark employs.

Penté Group announced an exclusive artist website and mobile partnership with global star producer, musician and DJ Tiësto to create and develop mobile and social applications. The agreement also includes having Penté Group create and maintain the musician’s official online presence, Tiesto.com and the paid membership fan club site InTheBooth.com.

A prank at the expense of Justin Bieber caused all of the musician’s videos to be taken down from YouTube. Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars and other artists who were in the 2011 Video Music Awards also had their videos targeted.

Facebook plans to launch a music platform at its f8 conference on Sept. 22, according to multiple news reports. Rather than create its own, the social network will be integrating multiple existing services such as Pandora, Spotify and Mog.

Consumers trying to wean themselves away from CDs may be interested in Murfie, a music marketplace startup that combines a ripping service with storage, sales and trades of collected discs.

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  Japanese record companies have filed a class action suit against MusicGate, parent company of TubeFire, for allowing users to download YouTube videos. The suit...