Music Piracy

Chevrolet: “We Are No Longer Affiliated with Grooveshark In Any Manner”

April 2, 2013

Chevrolet has now severed all ties with Grooveshark, and discontinued a lucrative advertising campaign with the company. In an email received by Digital Music News on Tuesday afternoon, an executive at parent ... Read More...

Three Strikes: A Complete & Total Failure In South Korea…

Paul Resnikoff

April 1, 2013

The following comes from Electronic Frontier Foundation International Director Danny O'Brien and Global Policy Director Maira Sutton, both of whom take a very critical look at three strikes, 'graduated response... Read More...

The Advertising Agency for the Grammy Awards Also Promotes Piracy In Times Square…

Helienne Lindvall

March 26, 2013

This story has been updated to reflect new information about the role of American Eagle Outfitters (see below). Check back for ongoing updates (last update, 3/27, 1 pm PCT). Advertising agency TBWA\Chiat\Da... Read More...

Nielsen: ‘Consumers Who Engage In Piracy Will Download More Music More Often…’

Paul Resnikoff

March 25, 2013

Looks like the major labels have another study to go discredit. Just days after researchers from the European Commission found that illegal downloading has little impact on industry revenues and could be boost... Read More...

Chevrolet Is Now Financing Grooveshark’s Mobile Expansion…

Paul Resnikoff

March 20, 2013

Apple is blocking the Grooveshark app based on copyright concerns. Google is blocking the Grooveshark app on copyright concerns. Chevrolet is now empowering a fully-mobile, HTML5 Grooveshark mobile solution t... Read More...

Piracy Has Zero Impact on Legit Purchasing, European Study Concludes…

Paul Resnikoff

March 18, 2013

This is one of the biggest debates in music right now, and it goes far beyond morality and artist rights. Because what if pirates are simply buying more stuff? What then? That's actually the conclusion o... Read More...

Comcast: “Under No Circumstances” Will Any Account be Disconnected…

Paul Resnikoff

March 17, 2013

It's been said before, and it's being reiterated again for customers. Because even if a user faces 'six strikes' or sixty, Comcast (and other ISPs) will not be disconnecting the account. Under any circumstanc... Read More...

Because as Long as Fans Aren’t Stealing, It Must Be Okay…

Paul Resnikoff

March 15, 2013

Welcome to the new, twisted logic of the music industry. Because after getting ravaged by theft for more than a decade, somehow, anything that isn't technically stealing must be okay. Even if it basically pay... Read More...

Why Those Who Claim Copyright Enforcement Stifles Innovation Are Wrong.

Helienne Lindvall

March 15, 2013

Innovation has been hit by inflation in the past decade. The word has, that is – not the art. "Innovation" is the new, new "thinking outside the box". It's almost as overused as "amazing". Both words are o... Read More...

The European Court of Human Rights Rejects an Appeal of The Pirate Bay Verdict…

Helienne Lindvall

March 14, 2013

No one can accuse Peter Sunde and Fredrik Neij, co-founders of The Pirate Bay, of giving up easily. After their convictions had been upheld, twice – by a Swedish appeals court, and the Supreme Court – they appe... Read More...

Survey: The Number of People Consuming Music Illegally Is Almost Equal to the Number Paying for Downloads…

Helienne Lindvall

March 12, 2013

A new report published by UK communications regulator Ofcom, covering online copyright infringement during the third quarter (Aug-Oct) of 2012, may make some in the music industry ponder how well the transition... Read More...

I’m an LGBT Filmmaker. And I’m Spending $30,000 a Year on DMCA Takedown Notices

Paul Resnikoff

March 6, 2013

Is this a war worth fighting? Either way, it's being fought: by content producers big and small, major and indie. Which brings us to lesbian and gay indie filmmaker Kathy Wolfe, who is now spending $30,000 a ... 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’

Chevrolet: “We Are No Longer Affiliated with Grooveshark In Any Manner”

Three Strikes: A Complete & Total Failure In South Korea…

The Advertising Agency for the Grammy Awards Also Promotes Piracy In Times Square…

Nielsen: ‘Consumers Who Engage In Piracy Will Download More Music More Often…’

Chevrolet Is Now Financing Grooveshark’s Mobile Expansion…

Piracy Has Zero Impact on Legit Purchasing, European Study Concludes…

Comcast: “Under No Circumstances” Will Any Account be Disconnected…

Because as Long as Fans Aren’t Stealing, It Must Be Okay…

Why Those Who Claim Copyright Enforcement Stifles Innovation Are Wrong.

The European Court of Human Rights Rejects an Appeal of The Pirate Bay Verdict…

Survey: The Number of People Consuming Music Illegally Is Almost Equal to the Number Paying for Downloads…

I’m an LGBT Filmmaker. And I’m Spending $30,000 a Year on DMCA Takedown Notices