Music Piracy

Google Receives Its 100 Millionth Piracy Notice. Nothing Changes…

January 14, 2014

The following post comes from Frances Moore, CEO of global recording label organization IFPI. Over the past decade, trade group that has almost no success getting Google to modify its results. "After 100 mi... Read More...

Study Says File-Sharing Should Be Legal, Even Though It Leads To “Fewer New Artists”…

Nina Ulloa

January 2, 2014

A new study, Empirical Copyright: A Case Study of File Sharing and Music Output, has been published by Glynn S. Lunney, Jr., Professor of Law at Tulane University. This study examines the relationship between h... Read More...

If You Bought Every Torrented Copy of ‘Beyoncé’ It Would Cost $3.8M…

Nina Ulloa

December 27, 2013

Beyoncé's self-titled album is still at the top of the Billboard 200. The album sold about one million copies in the first week. It is the 12th best selling album of the year, even though it was only released... Read More...

‘Walking Dead’ Producer: “There’s a Mistaken Belief That Piracy Is Somehow Good.”

Paul Resnikoff

December 17, 2013

Are we simply lying to ourselves about the supposed benefits of piracy, just to make ourselves feel better? Absolutely, according to Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd, who sees little gain in u... Read More...

Merry Christmas! Beatport Is Now Firing Its Most Loyal Employees…

Paul Resnikoff

December 9, 2013

This probably could have waited a month, but then again, Wall Street isn't the best about giving a f#*k. According to information now confirmed, Beatport is shuttering its San Francisco office and firing a l... Read More...

Israel Wants to Legalize All Downloading and Torrenting…

Paul Resnikoff

December 4, 2013

So is this the solution? Just legalize it? Yes, according to a contingent of Israeli legislators who feel that consumers are the wrong target. Instead, a newly-introduced bill would chase mass-uploaders, ... Read More...

Tashaki Miyaki Begs Fans to Stop Torrenting Their Music…

Paul Resnikoff

November 21, 2013

Once upon a time, artists were scared to make statements like these... ... Read More...

The Founder of isoHunt Is Starting a Clothing Line to Promote Free Sharing…

Paul Resnikoff

November 19, 2013

"Freedom to Share. What does that mean to you? For those of you who used isoHunt for years and was saddened by its shutdown, how much do you want to speak up about how much you believe in file sharing as a... Read More...

File-Sharing Now Accounts for Less Than 10% of US Internet Traffic…

Paul Resnikoff

November 12, 2013

At the recent Future of Music Summit, president of the Songwriters Association of Canada Eddie Schwartz argued that there isn't any difference between Spotify and piracy. According to the letter of the law,... Read More...

Rap Genius Named the Most ‘Blatantly Illegal’ Lyric Site by Music Publishers…

Paul Resnikoff

November 11, 2013

Rap Genius, a highly-collaborative, crowd-sourced lyrics destination, has more than $15 million in financing. Unfortunately, a big chunk of that money may now be diverted towards a massive litigation defense... Read More...

Google Is Now Prominently Listing the Cloned isoHunt…

Paul Resnikoff

November 7, 2013

Because a multi-year lawsuit from the largest Hollywood studios, a $110 million fine, and a shutdown order from a federal judge isn't Google's problem. ... Read More...

The Following Is an Anti-Piracy Public Service Announcement from Eminem…

Paul Resnikoff

November 6, 2013

It's hard to tell if this is (a) a joke, (b) serious, or (c) some combination thereof. But we do know that Eminem's label and team took measures to suppress a leak of his latest album (The Marshall Mathers LP ... 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 Receives Its 100 Millionth Piracy Notice. Nothing Changes…

Study Says File-Sharing Should Be Legal, Even Though It Leads To “Fewer New Artists”…

If You Bought Every Torrented Copy of ‘Beyoncé’ It Would Cost $3.8M…

‘Walking Dead’ Producer: “There’s a Mistaken Belief That Piracy Is Somehow Good.”

Merry Christmas! Beatport Is Now Firing Its Most Loyal Employees…

Israel Wants to Legalize All Downloading and Torrenting…

Tashaki Miyaki Begs Fans to Stop Torrenting Their Music…

The Founder of isoHunt Is Starting a Clothing Line to Promote Free Sharing…

File-Sharing Now Accounts for Less Than 10% of US Internet Traffic…

Rap Genius Named the Most ‘Blatantly Illegal’ Lyric Site by Music Publishers…

Google Is Now Prominently Listing the Cloned isoHunt…

The Following Is an Anti-Piracy Public Service Announcement from Eminem…