Music Piracy

Google Has Removed 3,004,747,844 Piracy Links from Search Results

October 19, 2017

Google has now received billions of takedown requests for infringing piracy links. Actually, 3 billion and counting. The battle against digital piracy always seems to be a losing one. Yet, in a seemingly u... Read More...

If Cloudflare Can Block Neo-Nazi Sites, Why Can’t They Block Piracy Sites?

Daniel Sanchez

October 11, 2017

A damning tweet comes back to haunt Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. The deadly Charlottesville protests last August drew national attention on white supremacist and neo-Nazi culture in the United States. F... Read More...

These Are the Biggest Music Piracy Hubs In the World

Daniel Sanchez

October 9, 2017

With so many YouTube to MP3 stream rippers, MP3 download, and torrent sites freely available, will the music industry ever win the war against piracy? Last year, the US government published a list of the top... Read More...

Gene Simmons: Name One Superstar Artist Created After 1988

Paul Resnikoff

September 25, 2017

Superstars created between 1958-1988: Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Madonna, Prince, Jackson, U2, AC/DC, Kiss. Superstars created after 1988: ___________________. Last week, KISS bassist Gene Simmons ... Read More...

The Cali Cartel Threatens to Murder Illegal Downloaders

Paul Resnikoff

September 13, 2017

Thought piracy was dead? Not for television, and not for Netflix. Here's one downside to paid-only platforms: rampant piracy. That's right: even at a $9.99 monthly rate, people will heavily torrent. Case i... Read More...

Why Is the LA Phil Advertising on Youtube-mp3.org?

Paul Resnikoff

September 5, 2017

Yesterday, YouTube-mp3.org agreed to a voluntary shutdown. Today, the LA Phil is advertising on its site. I know — I don't understand internet advertising. And you're going to explain it to me. You see,... Read More...

The World’s Largest YouTube-to-MP3 Converter Is Getting Shut Down

Daniel Sanchez

September 4, 2017

After a lengthy courtroom battle, the largest YouTube to MP3 stream ripper has agreed to take the full blame for copyright infringement. Each day, millions of people head to YouTube-mp3.org to rip their favo... Read More...

ExtraTorrent Clone Extratorrent.cd Is Clocking 7.5 Million Monthly Visits

ExtraTorrent Clone Extratorrent.cd Is Clocking Over 9 Million Monthly Visits

Daniel Sanchez

August 3, 2017

Despite the owner's initial warning, Extratorrent's clone site remains increasingly popular. On May 17th, popular pirating site ExtraTorrent shut down for good. Almost immediately, clones of the original si... Read More...

Def Leppard Says Piracy Is the Reason They Have So Many New Fans

Daniel Sanchez

August 3, 2017

Thanks to piracy, Def Leppard has gained a new wave of young fans. Several months ago, and much to the chagrin of music executives, Ed Sheeran made a stunning confession. He admitted that he owes his succes... Read More...

Google’s Amazingly Simple Plan to Destroy Piracy Forever

Paul Resnikoff

July 24, 2017

The music industry has spent two decades smashing cockroaches with sledgehammers. Now, Google has a simpler way to clean up the kitchen. Google is the devil. And so is YouTube. Because, a bunch of music i... Read More...

Google’s ‘Torrent Apocalypse’ Might Have to Wait, Sources Say

Paul Resnikoff

July 10, 2017

Google's obliteration of the entire torrent ecosystem could be put on pause, according to sources. And strangely, it all depends on European regulators. Last week, we reported that monumental changes in Goo... Read More...

Google Is About to Kill Every Single Torrent Site

Daniel Sanchez

July 6, 2017

With Google’s upcoming ad-block feature, torrent sites are about suffer a serious revenue choke. Several weeks ago, Google unveiled plans to roll-out a built-in ad blocker in its Chrome browser. The move wi... Read More...

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

What Is Attribution?

So Busy With "The Quiet Time..."

Netflix Won the Streaming Wars. YouTube Changed the Rules.

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’

Google Has Removed 3,004,747,844 Piracy Links from Search Results

If Cloudflare Can Block Neo-Nazi Sites, Why Can’t They Block Piracy Sites?

These Are the Biggest Music Piracy Hubs In the World

Gene Simmons: Name One Superstar Artist Created After 1988

The Cali Cartel Threatens to Murder Illegal Downloaders

Why Is the LA Phil Advertising on Youtube-mp3.org?

The World’s Largest YouTube-to-MP3 Converter Is Getting Shut Down

ExtraTorrent Clone Extratorrent.cd Is Clocking Over 9 Million Monthly Visits

Def Leppard Says Piracy Is the Reason They Have So Many New Fans

Google’s Amazingly Simple Plan to Destroy Piracy Forever

Google’s ‘Torrent Apocalypse’ Might Have to Wait, Sources Say

Google Is About to Kill Every Single Torrent Site