Music Piracy

15 Years Later, Facebook Finally Blocks Users From Sharing Pirate Bay Links

September 30, 2019

Facebook no longer allows links to The Pirate Bay to be shared on its platform. The crackdown also targets other major torrent sites. Back in 2004, The Pirate Bay was in hot water over hosting millions of li... Read More...

A Flood of New Streaming Video Services Could Turn Users Into Pirates, Study Finds

Marsha Silva

September 27, 2019

Warring TV streaming services are competing with exclusive content — and facing increased piracy as a result. Sound familiar? The UK-based Broadband Genie has just released the results of a very interesting... Read More...

Music Piracy Rates are Plunging In 2019 — That’s Good News, Right?

Paul Resnikoff

September 25, 2019

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), which represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has issued a 'music listening' report for 2019. The report points to a serious and on... Read More...

Sony, Warner, UMG File a Massive Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against RCN

Ashley King

August 29, 2019

Major record labels are continuing their crusade against ISPs and their pirating subscribers. ISP RCN is the target of the latest massive copyright infringement suit. Several major record labels filed a laws... Read More...

Crackdown Against Illegal Streaming Continues — Department of Justice Issues Indictments Against Two of the Largest Illegal Streaming Sites

Ashley King

August 28, 2019

A federal grand jury has charged eight men behind two of the largest illegal streaming operations in the US. Illegal streaming sites Jetflicks and iStreamitAll were two subscription-based streaming sites. ... Read More...

Amazon Responds to Counterfeit CD Allegations: ‘Counterfeit Is an Age-Old Problem’

Paul Resnikoff

August 15, 2019

Yesterday, an investigation by the Recording Industry Association of America found that that 25% of CDs 'Fulfilled by Amazon' were counterfeit, with 100% of box sets determined to be fake. “Alarmingly, 25% o... Read More...

25% of CDs ‘Fulfilled by Amazon’ Are Counterfeit, Major Labels Say

Paul Resnikoff

August 14, 2019

Amazon is riddled with counterfeit CDs, says the RIAA. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which represents major labels Sony Music, Universal Music, and Warner Music, has made a stunni... Read More...

With RIAA Legal Action on the Horizon, Picosong Ceases Operation

Marsha Silva

August 2, 2019

Picosong.com, a popular music-uploading website, will be permanently shutting down in October. Picosong's founders confirmed as much in a statement, claiming that today's fans and artists have better music-h... Read More...

The World’s Biggest YouTube Stream Ripper Has Suspended Operations

Ashley King

July 24, 2019

The decision comes after playing cat-and-mouse with YouTube over "violative downloads." In a massive win for the major labels, one of the top YouTube stream ripper sites has voluntarily stopped ripping YouTu... Read More...

YouTube Reportedly Blocks Access to Stream-Ripping Websites

Daniel Sanchez

July 10, 2019

For years, the music industry has waged a lengthy whack-a-mole style war on music pirate sites and YouTube stream-rippers. When one major site would go down, dozens of clones would immediately pop up. Maj... Read More...

To Combat Rampant Piracy, a U.N. Organization Launches a Global Anti-Piracy Database

Daniel Sanchez

July 8, 2019

So far this year, multiple piracy websites have gone down as part of a large-scale crackdown from the music industry. Thanks to aggressive subpoenas from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA),... Read More...

The Music Industry Officially Shuts Down Convert2MP3

The Music Industry Successfully Shuts Down Convert2MP3

Daniel Sanchez

June 21, 2019

The music industry continues to score victories in its fight against major music pirates. Starting a major offensive against music piracy several months ago, the Recording Industry Association of America (RI... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

What Is Attribution?

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Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

Reservoir Fires Off Infringement and DMCA Suits Against Suno and Anthropic, Demanding Nearly $340 Million in Total Damages

After a Fruitless Legal Attack, RIAA Takes the Anna’s Archive Problem to the US Government

Can We Sue Our Way to AI Control?

IFPI Urges the EU to Include X on Its 2027 ‘Counterfeit and Piracy Watchlist,’ Says the Platform ‘Remains a Significant Concern for the Music Industry’

Rapid-Fire Site Blocking? Federal Lawmakers Target Foreign Piracy Platforms With the Bipartisan ‘Defend IP Act’

15 Years Later, Facebook Finally Blocks Users From Sharing Pirate Bay Links

A Flood of New Streaming Video Services Could Turn Users Into Pirates, Study Finds

Music Piracy Rates are Plunging In 2019 — That’s Good News, Right?

Sony, Warner, UMG File a Massive Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against RCN

Crackdown Against Illegal Streaming Continues — Department of Justice Issues Indictments Against Two of the Largest Illegal Streaming Sites

Amazon Responds to Counterfeit CD Allegations: ‘Counterfeit Is an Age-Old Problem’

25% of CDs ‘Fulfilled by Amazon’ Are Counterfeit, Major Labels Say

With RIAA Legal Action on the Horizon, Picosong Ceases Operation

The World’s Biggest YouTube Stream Ripper Has Suspended Operations

YouTube Reportedly Blocks Access to Stream-Ripping Websites

To Combat Rampant Piracy, a U.N. Organization Launches a Global Anti-Piracy Database

The Music Industry Successfully Shuts Down Convert2MP3