Music piracy research - news archive

Music piracy ('muziekpiraterij' in dutch) is a very complex phenomenon to comprehend. These pages wishes to address all of you who are interested in music piracy in a broad sense. You'll find 2721 articles related to music and video piracy (with special attention to articles from Belgium and the Netherlands) originating from 526 unique (web)sources. I started archiving news articles about music and video piracy since 1999. In 2001 I wrote a scientific dissertation about music piracy for my Master's degree in Communication Sciences at the K.U.Leuven. This dissertation incluced a survey among 1500 individuals.

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Archive for September 2006

Lime Wire turns tables, sues record companies

The suit, filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, follows the closing of most of the popular file-sharing Web sites due to lawsuits initiated by record companies. It also comes on the heels of a suit filed by 13 record companies against Lime Wire, accusing the developer of music piracy and demanding damages that could amount to $476 million. (...) Lime Wire now charges the record companies with colluding to create a monopoly over the digital distribution of copyrighted music. The record companies "have engaged in these unfair business practices for the specific purpose of eliminating sources of decentralized peer-to-peer file sharing and acquiring a monopoly over digital distribution of commercially valuable copyrighted music and movie content," the lawsuit reads.

Macworld, 2006, September 26th | Language: EN | 519 words

Louisville partners make noise with downloads

The Louisville business partners, all under age 30, own and run Resonant Vibes, a Web site and music-download service that specializes in electronic music -- songs produced by synthesizers and computers. Founded by Babbage in 2004, the company began sales last year and is considered one of the top three sites for electronic music downloads, said ClubPlanet.com writer Adam Singer, who covers online music sales and electronic music. (...) Babbage said the fans are active online shoppers because electronic music itself is technologically oriented. Other music genres "have not really been as much on the vanguard in this digital music revolution." Resonant Vibes acquires the rights to the music it sells, so it won't run into the kind of legal problems that sank Napster and other download services accused of encouraging music piracy.

Courier Journal, 2006, September 25th | Language: EN | 920 words

Music piracy breaks into global EU politics

It's hard to imagine how a schoolboy in Berlin ripping a Crazy Frog tune off the Russian website allofmp3.com could impact EU energy security, but with 20 billion songs downloaded illegally in the world last year compared to 420 million legally, intellectual property is becoming big politics in both internal and foreign EU policy. (...) Within the EU, downloading songs from pirate sites became illegal after the 2001 European copyright directive with a follow-up directive in 2004 on harmonising civil law penalties in EU member states. The European Commission is currently pushing a new bill to harmonise criminal penalties as well.

Eu Observer, 2006, September 21st | Language: EN | 933 words

iPod leidt niet per se naar iTunes

Volgens Jupiter staan op een iPod gemiddeld hooguit twintig liedjes die aangekocht werden via de internetwinkel van Apple, iTunes. Voor de eigenaars van een iPod is het kopiëren van andere cd's een veel meer gebruikte bron om aan muziek te komen. (...) Maar dat betekent geenszins dat Europeanen zo makkelijk naar het nieuwe distributiemodel zullen overstappen. Volgens Jupiter koopt 83 procent van de consumenten niet regelmatig digitale muziek. Het is een minderheid die af en toe een nummer downloadt.

De Standaard, 2006, September 19th | Language: NL | 235 words

European iPod owners found not buying music online

"The model isn't broken, there's just lots of room for improvement," Jupiter analyst Mark Mulligan said. "Digital music is really underperforming its potential."

Reuters, 2006, September 18th | Language: EN | 341 words

China vernietigt 13 miljoen illegale schijfjes

Het is China menens in de strijd tegen illegaal kopiëren. De overheid voert een honderd dagen durende campagne tegen de praktijk en het gerecht heeft gisteren dertien miljoen dvd's, cd's en illegaal gekopieerde computersoftware vernietigd.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2006, September 18th | Language: NL | 111 words

New York law cracks down harder on bootleg C-Ds.

ew York is further cracking down on bootleg C-Ds often sold at open-air markets. A new law is aimed at protecting artists and recording industry workers. (...) The Recording Industry Association of America says New York City is one of the 12 "hot spots" nationwide for the illegal sales. (...) The city estimates the illegal trade has cost it one (b) billion dollars in lost tax revenue.

Kndo/kndu, 2006, September 16th | Language: EN | 128 words

YouTube Accused of Music Piracy by Universal

There was speculation Thursday that Universal Music Group, the world's largest music publisher, is set to file a copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube, a Web site where millions of videos are uploaded every month and can be viewed for free.

Smart Money, 2006, September 15th | Language: EN | 358 words

DVD chips 'to kill illegal copying'

DVDs will soon be tracked with embedded radio transmitter chips to prevent copying and piracy, according to the company which makes movie discs for Warner, Disney, Fox and other major studios. The technology, which can also be used for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD discs, will allow movie studios to remotely track individual discs as they travel from factories to retail shelves to consumers' homes. Home DVD players will eventually be able to check on the chip embedded in a disc, and refuse to play discs which are copied or played in the 'wrong' geographical region, the companies behind the technology expect.

Vnunet, 2006, September 15th | Language: EN | 483 words

Microsoft stelt Zune voor

De belangrijkste nieuwigheid van de speler is de mogelijkheid om draadloos muziek uit te wisselen tussen twee verschillende ,,Zunes''. Na drie dagen of drie speelbeurten wist het uitgeleende nummer zichzelf. De Zune moet Microsoft toelaten, voet aan de grond te krijgen in het segment dat voor drievierde wordt gedomineerd door iPod van Apple. Om iTunes, de online-muziekwinkel van Apple, te bekampen zal Microsoft de Zune Market Place oprichten.

De Standaard, 2006, September 14th | Language: NL | 179 words

Can you make money giving away CDs

Nashville-based Christian rocker Derek Webb has a simple explanation for why he decided to give away his third studio album, Mockingbird, for free download over the Internet for the next three months. "Survival," (...) Webb's sentiment flies in the face of aggressive efforts across the music industry in recent years to convince consumers who were freely downloading tunes that they were taking money out of the pockets of hard-working artists.

Dickson Herald, 2006, September 14th | Language: EN | 1037 words

Microsoft unwraps Zune for holiday season

The device, which the company anticipates will be ready in time for the holidays, will come in three colors and be capable, via its built-in Wi-Fi, of sharing full-length songs with other nearby Zune devices, the software giant said. As had been revealed through regulatory filings, it includes a 30GB hard drive as well as a 3-inch screen. The Zune will come in black, brown and white, but the company has declined to reveal any pricing information.

Cnet, 2006, September 14th | Language: EN | 842 words

File-sharing site eDonkey kicks it

The parent company of popular file-sharing network eDonkey has agreed to pay $30 million to settle a copyright infringement case brought by six music labels, according to court documents filed this week. (...) A judge in New York's southern district ruled Monday that eDonkey facilitated illegal activity by allowing users to swap copyrighted material over the eDonkey2000 network. Another MetaMachine creation, a decentralized P2P network called Overnet, was also ruled illegal.

Cnet, 2006, September 13th | Language: EN | 460 words

Apple lanceert videowinkel op iTunes

Met een eigen videowinkel en een nieuwe reeks iPods wil Apple de greep op de huiskamer versterken. (...) In de VS kunnen consumenten vanaf vandaag een keuze maken uit 75 nieuwe titels. De winkel wordt geïntegreerd in de populaire iTunes-winkel waar Apple al muziek en tv-shows verkoopt. (...) Tegelijk met de nieuwe videowinkel komt er ook een nieuw gamma iPods.

De Standaard, 2006, September 13th | Language: NL | 282 words

SeniorenNet voor rechtbank voor schending auteursrechten

Sabam en IFPI Belgium hebben een kort geding aangespannen tegen SeniorenNet. Ze eisen dat de website voor senioren van de 21-jarige student Pascal Vyncke stopt met het ter beschikking stellen van muziekbestanden.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2006, September 7th | Language: NL | 348 words

Politie neemt tienduizend illegale dvd's in beslag in Oost-Vlaanderen

De federale politie Gent heeft woensdagvoormiddag circa 10.000 illegaal gekopieerde dvd's en cd's in beslag genomen bij tien huiszoekingen in Oost-Vlaanderen. Speurders troffen op negen adressen, onder meer in Zelzate, Assenede en Boekhoute, ook pc's en software aan om de kopieën te maken. (...) De verdachten riskeren geldboetes tot 550.000 euro. In geval van herhaling kan een gevangenisstraf van drie maanden tot twee jaar uitgesproken worden.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2006, September 6th | Language: EN | 162 words

'Sommige rechters hebben een zeker dedain voor internet'

Een zaak waarmee SOLV internationale faam verwierf was de verdediging van Kazaa. Alberdingk Thijm: 'We waren het eerste advocatenkantoor of land dat de aanbieders van een P2P-programma vrijkreeg, waarbij de rechter zei dat het niet illegaal was om het aan te bieden.' Kazaa is het er volgens Alberdingk Thijm anders dan Napster nooit om te doen geweest om eindgebruikers aan te zetten tot auteursrechtinbreuk. 'De mensen achter Kazaa hebben van meet af aan gezegd: "wij moeten het anders doen". Zij vonden P2P technisch interessant en hebben naar een model gezocht waarmee ze geld konden verdienen en waarmee platenmaatschappijen dat ook gedaan zouden kunnen hebben.

Tweakers.net, 2006, September 2nd | Language: NL | 2411 words

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