Music Piracy

Beyonce & Jay-Z's just-released album is a smash hit — on piracy and torrent channels worldwide.  The development follows a restrictive weekend exclusive on Tidal and premium-only restrictions elsewhere. ... Read More...

As the guillotine dangles over the head of iTunes music downloads, artists are starting to take urgent action.  That includes the Content Creators Coalition (CCC), a top musician advocacy group. During its l... Read More...

Apple is now scheduling an end date for paid iTunes music downloads, according to sources inside the company. Apple is now experiencing meteoric growth on its streaming music platform, Apple Music.  But that... Read More...

Departing Apple Music executive Jimmy Iovine is finally saying it out loud. Back in 2016, we first reported on Apple's plans to shut down iTunes music downloads.  At the time, sources informed us that the sh... Read More...

Neil Young watched Pono Music burn to the ground.  But apparently it wasn't his fault. It's already part of music tech's vast wasteland.  So maybe you've never heard of it. But Pono was a music download stor... Read More...

Why is a pirated MP3 of Taylor Swift's latest album located in Germany?  Welcome to the latest trend in music piracy: Google Maps. It didn't take a genius to figure out that Taylor Swift's latest album would... Read More...

If MP3juices and YTmp3 follow the same pattern as YouTube-mp3.org, expect these popular stream rippers to go down for good. Last month, the largest YouTube to MP3 stream ripper agreed to take the fall for co... Read More...

The music industry buried the biggest YouTube to MP3 'stream-ripper' in September.  But in a recently-published report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) outlined 7 reasons why YouTube converters aren'... Read More...

One of the world's most notorious domain names is now defunct.  But don't tell that to The Pirate Bay. It was one of the world's most notorious domain names for years.  And it all started in a haven of music... Read More...