Music Piracy

Guess What? Stealing Is Still Wrong

Logan Lynn | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: Musicians, Music Industry, Recording Artists, Music Piracy, Illegal File Sharing, Downloading Music, Sharing Music, Illegally Downloading Music, File Sharing, Online Piracy, Culture News

I don't actually believe that stealing my intellectual property is your constitutional right. Sorry, everybody. I get that you are used to consuming music like it's chewing gum, but those days are numbered. I'm glad that file sharing companies are getting shut down.

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Music Executive Tries To Explain Blatantly Hypocritical Act

TechCrunch | Posted 02.10.2012

Read More: Music Piracy, Vevo Streams Football Game, Vevo Piracy, Piracy Hypocristy, Vevo Priacy Football Game, Piracy, Movie Miracy, Pipa, Sopa, Technology News

Yesterday I reported on a bizarre incident I witnessed at Sundance last month: VEVO, the music portal owned by some of the biggest record labels in th...

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Lady Gaga, Jack White, Norah Jones And More: 10 Musicians OK With Piracy

The Huffington Post | Courteney Palis and Catharine Smith | Posted 02.09.2012

Read More: Music Piracy, Video, Piracy, Musicians Piracy, Pipa, Illegal File-Sharing, Online Piracy, Pro-Piracy, Lady GaGa, Neil Young, Megaupload, Sopa, Jack White, Norah Jones, Technology News

Following the massive web protests over Congress' online copyright protection bills SOPA and PIPA, as well as the high-profile takedown of file-hostin...

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Embrace Piracy

Mac Hart | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Music Piracy, Movie Downloads, Itunes, Mikael Hed, Piracy, Internet Piracy, Sopa, Illegal Downloads, High School News

Once our government and the media industry realize that they need to compete with piracy rather than destroy it, they will overcome it.

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iTunes Match: It's A Pirate's Life For Me!

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Torrent Itunes Match, Music Torrents, Itunes, Piracy Itunes Match, Video, Apple Itunes Match, Piracy, Apple, Itunes Match Torrent, Itunes Match Piracy, Rdio, Torrents, Pandora, iTunes Match, Spotify, Technology News

iTunes Match is a pretty good name for Apple's cloud music service -- simple, evocative, a combination of the words "iTunes" and "Match" -- but a bett...

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Artist Displays Hard Drive Filled With $5 Million In Pirated Files

Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Crime, Illegal Downloads, Manuel Palou, Technology Crime, Art 404, Art Exhibitions, Music Piracy, Illegal, Art, Piracy, Low Budget Gallery, 5 Million Dollars 1 Terabytetechnology, Free Downloads, Illegal Downloading, Adobe, Electronics, Arts News

Artist Manuel Palou's new piece, '5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte straddles the line betweenart and piracy. The work is described on the gallery's w...

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The Beatles Battle Music Piracy With New Video

AP | Posted 10.17.2011

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AP/THE HUFFINGTON POST (LONDON) -- The Beatles are up for the fight against pirates. The estate of iconic British band has pledged its support for ...

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Beatles Backing UK Anti-Piracy Campaign

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2011

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LONDON -- The Beatles are up for the fight against pirates. The estate of iconic British band has pledged its support for the anti-piracy campaign ...

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What Do Placido Domingo And Metallica Have In Common?

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 09.28.2011

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Celebrated opera star Placido Domingo has been named as chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a worldwide orga...

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Apple iCloud, iTunes Match Music Storage Could Finally Make Piracy Pay

AP | By RYAN NAKASHIMA | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Apple Icloud, Apple Music Piracy, Piracy, Icloud Piracy, Itunes Match Piracy, Icloud, iTunes Match, Icloud Itunes Match, Technology News

LOS ANGELES -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Monday introduced more than just a cloud storage system for songs that fans buy legitimately through iTune...

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"All or Nothing at All"

Rick Carnes | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: Songwriters Guild of America, Songwriter, Protect IP, Copyright, Intellectual Property, Music Piracy, Technology News

Policy makers have struggled for over a decade to find the proper fix for the problems presented by rogue piracy websites and now with the PROTECT IP Bill they are taking some first steps.

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RIAA Wins $105M In Limewire Piracy Settlement, But Artists May Not Benefit

Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Piracy, Torrent, Settlement, last.fm, Limewire Settlement, Pirate, Music Industry, P2p, Pandora, Music, Filesharing, Riaa, Limewire, Arts News

CORRECTION: Information contained in the Torrentfreak article to which this post referred was incorrect. The RIAA has not released a statement specifi...

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Warning: You Are Forbidden to Buy E-Books!

Eric Lurio | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Kindles, E-Books, Amazon.com, Amazon Kindle, Copyright, Commerce, Books News

That's right, you are forbidden to buy e-books. You also cannot buy songs off the radio or apps for your mobile phone. You can go to Amazon or the App...

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Has Music Piracy Killed the 'Recording Artist'?

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Music, Music Piracy, Copyright, Recording Artist, The Beatles, Youtube, OK Go, Music Video, Damian Kulash, Entertainment News

After hearing The Beatles again last month I was reminded of a time when the songs mattered more and great recorded sound was the focus.

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A New Age of Dis-Connectivity in Music

Rick Carnes | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fan, Songwriter, Music and Technology, Songwriters Guild of America, Music Fan, Musicians, Copyright Protection, Songwriting, Creator Maximalist, Intellectual Property, Music, Music Piracy, Sga, Jazz, Rick Carnes, Music Theft, Music Creators, Arts News

Back when the big labels were rolling in money they could afford to invest in diversity in their catalogs. Now the business has been reduced to 'crank up the computer and crank out another track' exactly like the last hit.

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The End of Hollywood as We Know It

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Piracy, Filsharing, Pirate Dvds, Entertainment Industry, Entertainment News

Illegal file sharing and piracy hurt artists, workers, businesses and national economies. So why is it so pervasive? Did honest people become lawbreakers overnight because digital technology put a dangerous tool in their hands?

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"Love" Talk With Suzanne Vega

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Carly Simon, Luka, Love Songs, Music Business, Suzanne Vega, Entertainment News

Listening to her stripped down and stunning new album, "Close Up, Vol. 1 -- Love Songs," I realized why I've always liked Suzanne Vega -- because I love her.

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30,000 Songwriters in the Making

Paul Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Copyright Law, Ascap, Piracy, Copyright, Entertainment News

If new technologies are just enablers for taking music without any means for compensation, the chance for future songwriters to make a decent living is in serious jeopardy.

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Hey Record Companies! Wanna Know How to Sell Records?

Lawrence Iser | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Internet, Pop Music, Eminem, Susan Boyle, The Eagles, Alicia Keyes, Madonna, Jay-Z, Music, Record Label, Bon Jovi, Entertainment News

Wake up, record companies. Keep in mind that your adult contemporary audience likes to buy and own physical CD's more than iTuning or stealing.

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UN: Illegal Music Sharers Should Not Be Jailed

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011

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The heavy punishment of illegal file sharers on the web will be counter-productive in the global fight against Internet piracy and copyright infringem...

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UK Study: Illegal Music Downloaders Also Spend The Most On Music

The Independent | Rachel Shields | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Internet, Itunes, Piracy, Riaa, Illegal Downloads, Online Music Piracy, Digital Economy Bill, Music, British Phonographic Industry, Bpi, Technology News

People who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, according to a new study....

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Lily Allen: British Pop Singer Rants Music FIle-Sharing, Piracy "Destroying" People

Telegraph | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Lily Allen, Illegal-Music-Downloading, Lily ALlen Blog, Music, File Sharing, British Pop, Lily Allen File Sharing, Technology News

The singer has set up new site idontwanttochangetheworld.blogspot.com on which she posts messages from prominent supporters of her cause. It follows ...

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Guardrails for the Internet: Preserving Creativity Online

Michael Lynton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Copyright Infringement, Internet Policy, Internet, Movie Piracy, Intellectual Property, Bittorrent, Piracy, Copyright, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Michael Lynton Piracy, File Sharing, Michael Lynton, Media News

In no other realm of our society have we encountered so widespread and consequential a failure to put in place guidelines over the use and growth of such a major industry.

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Feds Pursuing Prison Term For Man Who Uploaded Guns N' Roses Songs

Wired | David Kravets | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music Piracy, Guns N Roses, Music, Axl Rose, Media News

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are pursuing a 6-month prison term for a Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty in December to one misdemeanor count of...

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