MPs approve of BPI initiative too.(Dooley's Diary)

Remember where you heard it: Support for the BPI's anti file-sharing action is coming from all over the place Parliamentary questions last Thursday saw Cardiff West Labour MP Kevin Brennan a member of the parliamentary rock group MP4--call for a debate on the music industry and the importance of educating people on the value of copyright, in the light of the initiative. In response, Peter Hain said that the Secretaries of State for Trade & Industry and Culture, Media & Sport are both working on solving the issue ... Which Scottish indie boss is playing ping pong with a major UK label over air unexpected return to planet pop?... Still in independent land, there was a welcome moment of hilarity brought to the Aim/Impala press conference last week when Coldcut's Jonathan More described MTV's threat to remove videos supplied from the indie sector as akin to a mob threat. "It's kind of a Mafia thing if they don't pay, the videos get it," he joked ... Charlotte Church's career looks set to lake an interesting twist. Among the people working with the singer on new material are the production team behind her labelmates Evanescence ... On the eve of their first mesa hit Five Colours In Her Hair, guitar wielding teens McFly have signed a sizeable deal with Universal Music Publishing. As Chris Tarrant prepares for his final Capital FM breakfast show this Friday, station bosses have had time to invest in a state-of-the-art wireless headphone set for his successor Johnny Vaughan. It's all because of the former Big Breakfast man's unstoppable fidgeting, which means he is incapable of staying in his seat and ...