Music Piracy

The RIAA is building a case against 40 different YouTube ripper sites, thanks to two subpoenas. Shutting down pirate sites is hard work that starts with obtaining information about the site's owners. That in... Read More...

The RIAA's battle against YouTube rippers is heating up after the removal of YouTube-DL. Here's the latest. On Friday, Microsoft-owned GitHub removed the YouTube-DL repository after a request from the RIAA. ... Read More...

16 years after its registration, ThePirateBay.com domain name has fetched $35,150 at auction. DropCatch recently acquired (and auctioned) this and other expired domains formerly owned and operated by the inf... Read More...

Photo Credit: Kevin Dooley / CC by 2.0 The death of George Floyd has ignited serious talks about racism in the United States. It also prompted the removal of racially-insensitive media like Gone With the Wind... Read More...

Photo Credit: Bryan Angelo The Trump administration has placed several Amazon sites on its 'Notorious Markets' blacklist. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative updated the list today to include Amazon.... Read More...

Photo Credit: Unsplash British label group BPI has submitted its 500 millionth URL to Google for removal. It is reaching one billion removals from all search engines combined. While music streaming is growin... Read More...

photo: Arek Socha The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is turning its attention to password sharing among streamers. The organization hasn't announced any concrete measures, but they are looki... Read More...