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

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

Daniel Sanchez
March 25, 2019
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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
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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

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

Daniel Sanchez
August 3, 2017
6
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

Following ISP Blocks, Torrent Site Bitsnoop Closes Its Doors

Daniel Sanchez
April 3, 2017
2
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

72% of Internet Users Think ISP Warning Letters Are Useless

Daniel Sanchez
March 9, 2017
10
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 U.S. Consumers Don't Care

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

Daniel Sanchez
January 18, 2017
18
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
7
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
1
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

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
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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...
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