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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
14
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...
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...
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...
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
6
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...

Disney Executive: “I’m Going to Put It Out There. I Love Piracy”…

Daniel Sanchez
September 20, 2016
4
Let’s face it: You are a pirate.  But is piracy actually beneficial for major media companies like Disney? There are those who absolutely despise piracy.  It's not only the heads of large entertainment indus... Read More...

UK Introduces 10 Year Prison Sentences to Combat Online Piracy

Charlotte Hassan
July 7, 2016
8
Want to stop piracy? Try 10 year jail sentences… The UK’s current copyright legislation is set for an overhaul, thanks to the introduction of the Digital Economy bill.  This bill has been focused on implemen... Read More...

Prince Turning In His Grave Over Surging Piracy…

Charlotte Hassan
May 2, 2016
4
Stop stealing my music... Throughout his time in the music industry, Prince worked with Web Sheriff to protect his music content.  He also left clear instructions for this to continue after his death.  As pa... Read More...

Tidal Exclusives Causing Major Piracy Craze

Charlotte Hassan
April 26, 2016
2
Tidal has adopted the 'streaming exclusives' strategy in a bid to drive subscriber numbers, but at what cost? Well...in deed limiting the availability of artists music to a particular streaming service has p... Read More...

Is the Streaming Industry Lying About Piracy?

Charlotte Hassan
March 31, 2016
5
Streaming kills piracy, right? Maybe it's not that simple. Over the past ten years, the music industry has profoundly transformed to the point of becoming unrecognizable. The traditional business structure h... Read More...
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