Who would run a video billboard ad in New York's Times Square suggesting music piracy is a marvellous thing? Step forward Brooklyn band Ghost Beach.
March 21st, 2013 by Music Ally
Earlier this week, we reported on a new study into online piracy by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC).
March 21st, 2013 by Music Ally
You don't need us to tell you about the Spanish music industry's piracy problems in recent years. The performance of legal streaming services is thus being scrutinised even more closely there.
March 19th, 2013 by Music Ally
Is it finally game over for the filesharing case involving Minnesota resident Jammie Thomas-Rasset? The US Supreme Court has rejected her lawyers' requests for a final appeal against her $222k fine for...
March 19th, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
It's sadly inevitable that any research into music piracy or streaming music – no matter how sober and diligent – will be seized upon and selectively quoted by all sides in the debates to support their...
March 8th, 2013 by Music Ally
Research from Carnegie Mellon's Initiative for Digital Entertainment Analytics claims Megaupload’s closure had a beneficial effect on legal content sales.
March 7th, 2013 by Music Ally
French anti-piracy body Hadopi has published some stats on how many warnings it's sending out to alleged filesharers. It sent 82k first-strike warnings in January this year.
March 1st, 2013 by Stuart Dredge
Yesterday's decision by the UK's High Court to order British ISPs to block three more piracy sites should not come as a surprise, given previous rulings. This time it's Kickass Torrents, H33T and Fenopy...
February 28th, 2013 by Music Ally
French anti-piracy body Hadopi is hoping to expand its remit beyond P2P filesharing to unlicensed streaming and download websites.
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