Music Piracy

Kevin Spacey Says Indians Are ‘Stealing’ House of Cards, Even Though Netflix Isn’t Available In India

April 29, 2014

In the US, Game of Thrones is wildly popular on BitTorrent, even though it is easily purchased on HBO, streamed on HBO Go, or downloaded on iTunes. But what happens when there's no legal alternative? Does t... Read More...

Still Think Streams Are Killing Downloads? Think Again…

Paul Resnikoff

April 29, 2014

Spotify payments are ridiculously bad for artists, but are Spotify streams killing iTunes downloads? That probably depends on the artist in question, and in many cases artists are screaming 'yes!' But on the a... Read More...

iTunes Is Now Preparing a ‘Beyoncé-Esque’ Exclusive for Mariah Carey…

Paul Resnikoff

April 25, 2014

Update, Monday, 8:55 am PCT: Billboard now says their report might be completely inaccurate, based on conflicting details from Carey's label. Let's see. Last month, we reported that iTunes was preparing a m... Read More...

Congress Tells Google: Clean Up Your Search Results, Or We Will…

Paul Resnikoff

April 15, 2014

United States House Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet Hearing. Hearing on Section 512 of Title 17, ie, the DMCA. March, 2014. Washington, DC... Read More...

How to Clean Up the Internet, In 3 Easy Steps…

Paul Resnikoff

April 11, 2014

The following comes from Grammy winning composer, conductor, and producer Maria Schneider, who recently argued this in front of members of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and... Read More...

iTunes Is Now Preparing a Massive, ‘Beyoncé-Esque’ Exclusive…

Paul Resnikoff

March 17, 2014

No, it won't be available on Spotify, or any other streaming service. Not on the album release date, and maybe never. Which is exactly how Apple is structuring this deal, according to executives... Read More...

Illegal Torrent and Streaming Sites Made $227 Million Last Year…

Paul Resnikoff

February 20, 2014

Having trouble landing a job after college? Illegal torrent, download, linking, and streaming raked in $227 million last year, according to an estimate by Digital Citizens Alliance. A large percentage of th... Read More...

The 100 Most Popular Music Downloads on BitTorrent…

Paul Resnikoff

February 18, 2014

The ranking comes from The Pirate Bay, still the largest BitTorrent tracker in the world with an estimated 1 billion monthly views. ... Read More...

A Pirate Asks a Google Executive, ‘Why Is It So Easy to Steal Music from You?’

Paul Resnikoff

February 4, 2014

The dialogue occurred at MIDEM, the long-running music industry event in France that is now rumored to be ending (for good). Many attendees are blaming companies like Google for that result. Panel Name: "Fu... Read More...

Prince Quickly Drops $22 Million Lawsuit Against Bootlegging Fans…

Nina Ulloa

January 30, 2014

Last week, Prince sued fans and bootleggers for uploading and distributing bootlegged concerts. The Artist was seeking $22 million, $1 million from each of the 22 people he sued. Well, now Prince has dro... Read More...

Ninja Tune Puts This Warning Sticker On All New Releases…

Paul Resnikoff

January 28, 2014

Quick clarification: Ninja Tune noted that these stickers are applied to promo pre-releases to the media, tastemakers, etc., not mainline consumer CDs. ... Read More...

Gene Simmons: “Napster’s Founders Should Have Been Treated Like the Nazis”

Paul Resnikoff

January 17, 2014

You say that the music industry sued their fans, destroyed their goodwill, and failed to adapt. Gene Simmons says all of that is bull$%it: “I still think it’s a crime,” Simmons recently told MetalHammer (pr... 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’

Kevin Spacey Says Indians Are ‘Stealing’ House of Cards, Even Though Netflix Isn’t Available In India

Still Think Streams Are Killing Downloads? Think Again…

iTunes Is Now Preparing a ‘Beyoncé-Esque’ Exclusive for Mariah Carey…

Congress Tells Google: Clean Up Your Search Results, Or We Will…

How to Clean Up the Internet, In 3 Easy Steps…

iTunes Is Now Preparing a Massive, ‘Beyoncé-Esque’ Exclusive…

Illegal Torrent and Streaming Sites Made $227 Million Last Year…

The 100 Most Popular Music Downloads on BitTorrent…

A Pirate Asks a Google Executive, ‘Why Is It So Easy to Steal Music from You?’

Prince Quickly Drops $22 Million Lawsuit Against Bootlegging Fans…

Ninja Tune Puts This Warning Sticker On All New Releases…

Gene Simmons: “Napster’s Founders Should Have Been Treated Like the Nazis”