Spain has long been seen as a problematic market by music rightsholders due to high levels of piracy, and in the past, a perceived laissez-fair attitude by the Spanish government.
February 22nd, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Last August, Google announced that it would start downgrading sites in its search rankings if they received lots of valid copyright removal notices. Now music industry body the RIAA says the tech giant...
January 29th, 2013 by Music Ally
Rumours from Midem suggest French industry bodies are lobbying for the government to implement fines for filesharing rather than internet disconnections.
January 24th, 2013 by Music Ally
The French anti-piracy body has published some new stats for 2012, saying that it sent out just over 613k email warnings to alleged filesharers, 54.7k registered-mail warnings, and passed 305 cases on...
January 10th, 2013 by Music Ally
RapidShare says its anti-piracy measures are working
January 9th, 2013 by Music Ally
DMCA takedown notices will appear again.
January 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally
There was a flurry of anti-piracy news over the festive period. The US and Russia signed an agreement to work together more closely on battling piracy, including shutting down more infringing websites,...
December 18th, 2012 by Music Ally
UK's Business secretary Vince Cable announced yesterday future action to help consumers and young people understand the importance of respect for IP and the harm counterfeiting or illegal downloading can...
December 18th, 2012 by Music Ally
Australian ISP iiNet has pulled out of talks with the entertainment industries over anti-piracy cooperation.
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