Music Piracy

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich stopped doing interviews like this a long time ago; he was simply burned too badly by the post-Napster backlash.  And more than twelve years later, artists are still frightened to ... Read More...

Who do we have to thank for our modern, digital music market?  That would be Apple, but more specifically the iPod, according to top industry analyst Mark Mulligan.  And, once sales of iPods started tapering of... Read More...

Is this where the battle for the hearts-and-minds of music fans ends up? According to just-published research by Columbia University public policy group American Assembly, a vast majority of Americans have litt... Read More...

The case for streaming cannibalization just got a lot more difficult.  According to US-based stats just shared by Nielsen, one billion songs have already been downloaded - and paid for - in 2012.  That was once... Read More...

The question is whether the raid, the shutdown, the arrests, and all the screaming about injustice will ultimately make Megaupload stronger in the end.  And, a far bigger problem than anyone - including the mus... Read More...

It's hard to say exactly where eMusic took a wrong turn, though perhaps the space is slowly congealing around the heaviest-hitters like iTunes, Spotify, Sirius, YouTube, and Pitchfork.  That, coupled with seemi... Read More...

For all the artist-friendly and pro-copyright overtures, punctilious DMCA removals, and active filtering, the level of protection you'll experience on Google as an artist is probably a crapshoot.   Here's a sea... Read More...

If you're in the music business, you've probably seen this infographic from 2010, which starkly contrasts payouts from older formats like CDs and iTunes downloads with streaming formats like Spotify. Well, a l... Read More...