Music Piracy

Search Results Have Little Impact on Piracy, Study Finds…

August 6, 2013

The music industry should stop obsessing about getting Google to downgrade copyright infringing sites in its search results, according to a new report published by the Computer & Communication Industry Asso... Read More...

Comcast Wants to Intercept Piracy and Suggest Legal Alternatives…

Paul Resnikoff

August 6, 2013

This is way different than the softball 'Six Strikes' that Comcast and ISPs agreed to. And, if it happens, it could have a very real and demonstrable impact on piracy in the United States. Here's what's bei... Read More...

Sellbox Lets You Pirate— Uh, Sell — Music Straight from Your Dropbox…

Helienne Lindvall

July 31, 2013

Have you ever wanted to sell your music, but didn't want to give iTunes 30% of your revenue? And, set your own price while you're at it? If so, Sellbox could be the startup for you. The service allows user... Read More...

Google Adds “Grooveshark” to Its Piracy Blacklist…

Paul Resnikoff

July 25, 2013

Grooveshark argues that we should wait for the real judge, jury, and executioner, especially given the presence of multiple court battles and lawsuits on this very issue. Which is ironic, because Google often ... Read More...

It’s Official: Paid Downloads Are Down 2.3 Percent In the US…

Paul Resnikoff

July 21, 2013

This is officially the year that downloads stopped accelerating, and potentially, gave way to conditional ownership and streaming models. According to half-year stats shared by Nielsen Soundscan with Digital Mu... Read More...

Google Signs White House Agreement to Reduce Ad-Supported Piracy…

Paul Resnikoff

July 15, 2013

And not just Google, but Microsoft, the Interactive Advertising Bureau, 24/7 Media, Adtegrity, AOL, Condé Nast, Yahoo, and SpotXchange have also signed the agreement to limit the amount of ad-supported piracy o... Read More...

France Officially Terminates Three Strikes File-Sharing Penalties…

Paul Resnikoff

July 10, 2013

In a world where the music fan is drifting away from downloads — paid, illegal, or whatever — does something like 'three-strikes' make sense? France has decided it doesn't. Moving forward, file-swappers wil... Read More...

Jay-Z’s Latest Album, a Samsung ‘Exclusive,’ Is Now Leaking Everywhere…

Paul Resnikoff

July 5, 2013

The result was almost as guaranteed as the check Samsung mailed to Jay-Z. Ahead of the 'official release date' of July 7th 9th in the US (whatever that is), copies of Jay-Z's latest release, Magna Carta Holy G... Read More...

Google Is Now Removing Half-a-Million Infringing Urls… a Day

Paul Resnikoff

July 1, 2013

That's according to the latest tallies shared by Google, a company now grappling with continued and massive ramp-ups in DMCA takedown demands. At present, Google is now yanking more than 16.3 million infringin... Read More...

AT&T Patents New Technology to Track File-Sharing Traffic…

Paul Resnikoff

July 1, 2013

According to TorrentFreak, AT&T has recently patented a "Method and Apparatus for Automated End to End Content Tracking in Peer-to-Peer Environment," a system consisting of a monitoring network that basical... Read More...

I’m a Former Pandora Employee. And I’m Here to Defend David Lowery…

Paul Resnikoff

June 28, 2013

Not only is Jonathan Segel a former Pandora employee, but he's also a bandmate of David Lowery in Camper Van Beethoven. Welcome to a classic case of competing loyalties: Segel has considerable financial assets... Read More...

The Music Industry in Review: Oct. 10 to Oct. 14th

Amazon’s MP3 Store Now Available on iOS

Priscilla Kim

June 24, 2013

Amazon's 25 million-song catalogue MP3 store is now available for iOS users due to a newly constructed HTML5 mobile website. Starting today, iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users can now buy music from Amazon d... 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’

Search Results Have Little Impact on Piracy, Study Finds…

Comcast Wants to Intercept Piracy and Suggest Legal Alternatives…

Sellbox Lets You Pirate— Uh, Sell — Music Straight from Your Dropbox…

Google Adds “Grooveshark” to Its Piracy Blacklist…

It’s Official: Paid Downloads Are Down 2.3 Percent In the US…

Google Signs White House Agreement to Reduce Ad-Supported Piracy…

France Officially Terminates Three Strikes File-Sharing Penalties…

Jay-Z’s Latest Album, a Samsung ‘Exclusive,’ Is Now Leaking Everywhere…

Google Is Now Removing Half-a-Million Infringing Urls… a Day

AT&T Patents New Technology to Track File-Sharing Traffic…

I’m a Former Pandora Employee. And I’m Here to Defend David Lowery…

Amazon’s MP3 Store Now Available on iOS