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Fresh Off a Major Victory, the Music Industry Sues Charter Communications

March 25, 2019

How many more ISPs will the music industry sue? Multiple ISPs in the United States are currently embroiled in lawsuits brought on by the music industry. Cox Communications, for example, is bracing for a d... Read More...

83% of All Music, Film & TV Piracy Is Motivated by a Lack of Paid Options, Study Claims

Daniel Sanchez

June 6, 2018

According to research group Muso, most people know that piracy is wrong, but do it anyway. Want to know the reason why people pirate media content? Because they can’t find any legal alternatives. That’s ac... Read More...

Music Industry Latest - Apple Music, Spotify, Alexa, Muso, Facebook, PledgeMusic, RiverFest, More...

Latest Industry: Apple Music, Spotify, Alexa, Facebook, PledgeMusic, RiverFest, More…

Daniel Sanchez

June 6, 2018

iPhone users prefer ad-supported streaming platforms over Apple Music. According to Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), 15% of iPhone consumers pay for Apple Music. Around 48% prefer using Pando... Read More...

Music Industry Latest: Pharrell Williams, Spotify, the BBC, Genius, BMG, Sony

Latest Industry: Pharrell Williams, Spotify, The BBC, Genius, BMG, Sony

Daniel Sanchez

March 28, 2018

Getting ‘Lucky’. Sony/ATV Music Publishing has extended its worldwide deal with multi-Grammy-winning songwriter, artist, and producer Pharrell Williams. The agreement will take the company’s relationship wi... Read More...

Def Leppard Says Piracy Is the Reason They Have So Many New Fans

Daniel Sanchez

August 3, 2017

Thanks to piracy, Def Leppard has gained a new wave of young fans. Several months ago, and much to the chagrin of music executives, Ed Sheeran made a stunning confession. He admitted that he owes his succes... Read More...

Following ISP Blocks, Torrent Site Bitsnoop Closes Its Doors

Daniel Sanchez

April 3, 2017

Pascal (Public Domain) Bitsnoop takes the long digital dirt nap after it just didn’t make enough money following ISP blocks. After failing to bring in sufficient web traffic, long-time piracy torrent website... Read More...

72% of Internet Users Think ISP Warning Letters Are Useless

Daniel Sanchez

March 9, 2017

Christopher Clay (CC by 2.0) ISP piracy warning letters? What, me worry? Starting in January, British ISPs started sending suspected infringing users warning letters. Made to deter and educate users on the c... Read More...

39% of Americans Don’t Care That Piracy Hurts Content Creators…

Daniel Sanchez

January 18, 2017

Image by Maxi Walton (CC by 2.0) Despite the entertainment industry’s best efforts, most consumers just don’t really care about piracy problems. Piracy costs artists and content creators millions of dollars ... Read More...

Will UK ISP Piracy Warning Letters Work? Just Look at Six Strikes

Threatening Letters Don’t Kill Piracy. Just Look at ‘Six Strikes’…

Daniel Sanchez

January 10, 2017

Image by liz west (CC by 2.0) Will written warnings in the UK perform better than American 'Six Strikes' letters? There's little evidence that any of this is working. Are you in the UK? Do you love download... Read More...

French Authorities Shut Down Two Top French Torrent Sites

French Authorities Shut Down Two Top French Piracy Sites

Daniel Sanchez

November 29, 2016

Image by scott witt (CC by 2.0) Au Revoir, torrent Zone Telechargement et DL-Protect. Tu vas nous manquer. Two weeks ago, French military police seized immensely popular private music torrent tracker What.CD... Read More...

The Most Pirated Songs on Piracy Networks This Week

Daniel Sanchez

November 22, 2016

Image by Tobias Vemmenby (CC by 2.0) Are you a pirate? Here at Digital Music News, we don’t believe in pirating. But we do agree with TorrentFreak’s philosophy that monitoring piracy networks gives us a clue... Read More...

The Most Pirated Albums and Singles - October 4th, 2016

The Piracy Charts: What Are People Still Stealing?

Daniel Sanchez

October 4, 2016

Image by David Goehring, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC by 2.0) Sia's singles are strong, Frank Ocean's Blonde is still the top album downloaded, and people still love Harry Potte... Read More...

Sync Music Licensing: Secrets for Scoring Deals and Maximizing Revenue

Songtradr Joins the Growing Music Industry Recovery Effort — Donates All Sync Commissions to Musicians

Here Are Some of the Latest — and Most Significant — Sync Music Deals

Burt Bacharach Dazzles at the Guild of Music Supervisors Awards in LA — Here’s Who Took Home Trophies

Songtradr’s Big Sync Music Embarks on a Global Expansion — Australia, New Zealand, France and Germany

What Is Sync Licensing? A Look at One of the Music Industry’s Fastest-Growing Sectors

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Meet the Artist Who Is Literally Saving His Fans’ Lives — Our Latest Podcast

How to Game the Billboard Charts (And Why You Shouldn’t) — Our Latest Podcast

Meet the Single Mom Cellist Who Makes a Living Off Her Music — Our Podcast Interview

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Stop Chasing Playlists and Start Building a Music Career — Our Latest Podcast

The Pretty Things — The Most Important Band You Don’t Know

Fresh Off a Major Victory, the Music Industry Sues Charter Communications

83% of All Music, Film & TV Piracy Is Motivated by a Lack of Paid Options, Study Claims

Latest Industry: Apple Music, Spotify, Alexa, Facebook, PledgeMusic, RiverFest, More…

Latest Industry: Pharrell Williams, Spotify, The BBC, Genius, BMG, Sony

Def Leppard Says Piracy Is the Reason They Have So Many New Fans

Following ISP Blocks, Torrent Site Bitsnoop Closes Its Doors

72% of Internet Users Think ISP Warning Letters Are Useless

39% of Americans Don’t Care That Piracy Hurts Content Creators…

Threatening Letters Don’t Kill Piracy. Just Look at ‘Six Strikes’…

French Authorities Shut Down Two Top French Piracy Sites

The Most Pirated Songs on Piracy Networks This Week

The Piracy Charts: What Are People Still Stealing?

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