April 4th, 2013 by Music Ally

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Vevo has launched in another new country: the Netherlands. The music videos service is now offering more than 75k videos to Dutch users.

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March 6th, 2013 by Music Ally

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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...

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January 21st, 2013 by Music Ally

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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.

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January 2nd, 2013 by Music Ally

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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,...

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October 19th, 2012 by Music Ally

Filesharers buy more music than non-filesharers.

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October 19th, 2012 by Music Ally

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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.

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September 4th, 2012 by Music Ally

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The Pirate Party's next electoral success could come in the Netherlands from next week's parliamentary elections.

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July 20th, 2012 by Music Ally

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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...

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July 6th, 2012 by Music Ally

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90% of Dutch internet users can't officially access The Pirate Bay any more due to ISP blocks, according to anti-piracy group BREIN.

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