Court-mandated ISP blocks of piracy sites is now well established in the UK, after a series of High Court rulings.
May 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally
Belgian collecting society SABAM has sued ISPs Belgacom, Telenet and Voo, looking for a 3.4% levy on their broadband subscription revenues to compensate for piracy on their networks.
March 18th, 2013 by Music Ally
One of the longest-running copyright infringement cases – Universal Music Group vs Veoh – has delivered another setback to the major label.
February 19th, 2013 by Music Ally
Grooveshark remains locked in legal battles with labels, but CEO Sam Tarantino is putting on a brave face. "Just because we’re in lawsuits does not mean we are an illegal service.
January 31st, 2013 by Music Ally
The first person to be fined for filesharing music illegally in New Zealand is an unnamed person who shared two songs online by Rihanna and Hot Chelle Rae.
January 25th, 2013 by Music Ally
Remember the rumpus back in 2007 over a YouTube video of a toddler dancing to Prince's 'Let's Go Crazy' that was removed after a copyright takedown request?
January 25th, 2013 by Music Ally
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom is often described as being most effective at trolling the entire entertainment industry. So why not fight fire with fire?
January 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally
France's anti-piracy Hadopi agency revealed its latest numbers as 2012 came to an end. It has sent more than 1.25m warnings to broadband subscribers since launching in 2009: 1.15m first warnings, 100k...
September 7th, 2012 by Music Ally
Streaming music service Grooveshark is now facing new legal action from EMI – the sole major music company to have signed a licensing deal with Grooveshark.
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