Music Piracy

If you want to steal a song, Google is an absolutely fantastic place to start. The world of torrents and free mp3s is just a search away, all at a nice price. But is Google really the problem here, or is it mer... Read More...

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 the answer is yes.  But on the aggregate,... Read More...

No, the RIAA isn't hauling file-swappers into court this time, they won't be bankrupting BitTorrenters while attempting mass-intimidation.  That didn't work then, and it definitely won't work in a post-SOPA cli... Read More...

That's according to the fairly massive legal team representing the Temptations, who are now suing Universal Music Group in federal court. The group is filing against UMG over a number of royalty concerns, and ... Read More...

You can almost smell the fear at this point. Because the FBI didn't just shut MegaUpload down; they've now terrified an entire group of potentially infringing peers.  Almost immediately after the raid-and-shutd... Read More...

The following is a note from Ditto Music CEO Lee Parsons, whose company is now offering free, emergency accounts to affected Tunecore customers.           "You probably know that due to a dispute over royaltie... Read More...

AmazonMP3 has now pulled all Tunecore-distributed songs from its stores in the UK and across the European Union, thanks to a royalty-related dispute. The teardown actually happened January 24th, leaving more th... Read More...