Called stream-ripping, it accounts for 80% of copyright infringement among the biggest piracy sites, according to a recent report by the PRS. Stream-ripping websites make money from advertisers, touting a mix of legitimate products, scams and pornography. Over the past three years, the use of it has increased by 1,390%, says the report. – BBC
One in 10 people in the UK use illegal downloads, down from 18% in 2013, according to YouGov’s Music Report. The trend looks set to continue – with 22% of those who get their music illegitimately saying they do not expect to be doing so in five years.
“One Saturday in 1994, Bennie Lydell Glover, a temporary employee at the PolyGram compact-disk manufacturing plant in Kings Mountain, North Carolina, went to a party at the house of a co-worker. He was angling for a permanent position, and the party was a chance to network with his managers. Late in the evening, the host … Continue reading “The “Patient Zero” Of Online Music Piracy”
“A new campaign, pioneered by Universal and Sony, will mean songs are available to buy digitally at the same time as they debut on television or radio. DJ Nelson said record labels can lose more than 50% of potential sales due to the lag time between a track’s radio debut and its release date, as … Continue reading “A New Plan To Fight Music Piracy: Release It Earlier”
“The UK-run site has leaked 60 major pre-release albums this year alone, said the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI). A 24-year-old man from Middlesbrough was arrested on Tuesday morning.”
The battle over music piracy and illegal downloading has been going on for years now, but it’s sort of difficult for an independent observer to whip up any sort of real sympathy for anyone involved in the debate. The people downloading free songs are thieves (yes, they are,) the recording industry trying to stop them … Continue reading “No Good Guys In The Music Piracy Fight”
“Entertainment bootlegging is sweeping the globe, but nowhere has the landscape changed more quickly than in Mexico. An estimated six out of every 10 CDs sold are believed to be bootlegs, vaulting Mexico to the No. 3 spot worldwide, behind China and Russia. But unlike those nations, Mexico has a long-established commercial industry that is … Continue reading “Mexico’s Music Piracy Standoff”
“Music executives abroad are scrutinizing the American industry’s legal campaign against people who share files on the Internet. But many doubt such tactics would work in their countries, given the relative weakness of laws protecting copyrights and the ubiquity of the activity. ‘People in their 60’s are burning CD’s at home. Housewives, who should be … Continue reading “Music Piracy Outside The US – What Are The Tactics?”
All told, the five men allegedly stole more than 25,000 digital files, including feature films, trailers, TV episodes and audio tracks, which they stored on a server in France, according to U.S. officials. The crime ring also allegedly operated a website called “BollyTNT” used to distribute pirated Bollywood films. – Variety
According to his legal papers, “By operating a subsidiary that massively pirates Nina Simone recordings, at price points generally lower than those at which Sony sells her RCA recordings, [this] has the natural tendency to displace Sony’s sales, thereby depriving Claimants of the full royalties they would otherwise earn under the New Artist Agreement.”
