Vevo has launched in another new country: the Netherlands. The music videos service is now offering more than 75k videos to Dutch users.
March 6th, 2013 by Music Ally
Our lead feature looks beyond the IFPI’s global sales numbers for 2012. Revenues may have gone up for the first time since 1999 (albeit by 0.3%), but the business is not out of the woods yet. In...
January 21st, 2013 by Music Ally
A rumpus is kicking off in the Netherlands after reports that collecting society Buma / Stemra is reviving its plans to charge websites for embedding YouTube music videos.
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,...
October 19th, 2012 by Music Ally
Filesharers buy more music than non-filesharers.
October 19th, 2012 by Music Ally
Filesharers buy more music than non-filesharers – we've seen plenty of evidence of that, although to what degree the filesharing spurs their purchases remains a source of argument.
September 4th, 2012 by Music Ally
The Pirate Party's next electoral success could come in the Netherlands from next week's parliamentary elections.
July 20th, 2012 by Music Ally
YouGov has published the results of a survey of 2,000 Danish people about piracy and digital content. Focusing on TV shows and films rather than music, it found that 30% of 15-29 year-olds were illegally...
July 6th, 2012 by Music Ally
90% of Dutch internet users can't officially access The Pirate Bay any more due to ISP blocks, according to anti-piracy group BREIN.
