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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Jan Verkoyen

Archive for December 2006

Experts say Australian copyright ruling has international implications

Mr. Cooper's Web site [mp3s4free.net] had not hosted copyright protected music, but the three appeal court judges agreed that by providing links to such music, it effectively authorized the infringement. (...) "If Google's search engine links to material which infringes on copyright and this material was accessed by Australians, then there is potential for legal action," EFA [Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc.] chairman Dale Clapperton said.

Pittsburgh Post Gazette, 2006, December 26th | Language: EN | 468 words

Briefing: Netherlands will drop fees on copyrights

The Dutch government said Wednesday that it would exempt digital music players and hard-disk video recorders from copyright taxes, saying the levy, which compensates artists for unauthorized copying, forced many consumers to pay it twice.

International Herald Tribune, 2006, December 20th | Language: EN | 547 words

Music industry backs off in piracy suit against NY mom

The recording industry is giving up its lawsuit against Patti Santangelo, a New York mother of five who became the best-known defendant in the industry's battle against online music piracy. However, two of her children are still being sued.

Cbc News, 2006, December 20th | Language: EN | 362 words

Ministerraad verwerpt thuiskopieheffing mp3-spelers

De minister van Justitie Ernst Hirsch Ballin komt met een Algemene Maatregel van Bestuur (AMvB) die tot doel heeft de voorwerpen aan te wijzen waarop de thuiskopievergoeding rust. De ministerraad heeft woensdag ingestemd met de ontwerp-AMvB. Hiermee wordt het besluit van Henk Vonhoff, voorzitter van de Stichting Onderhandelingen Thuiskopievergoeding (SONT), ongedaan gemaakt.

Webwereld, 2006, December 20th | Language: NL | 215 words

Ook Australische rechter verbiedt linken naar illegale mp3-bestanden

De rechtbank oordeelde dat Cooper schuldig is aan het faciliteren van auteursrechtinbreuken door willens en wetens links naar illegale mp3-bestanden aan te bieden. De waarschuwing aan de gebruikers van de site tegen het maken van inbreuken is niet voldoende om die schuld te ontlopen. Ook in Nederland is het linken naar illegale bestanden onrechtmatig en indien een site structureel gebruik maakt van links naar illegale bestanden dan is die site als geheel onrechtmatig.

Stichting Brein, 2006, December 20th | Language: NL | 190 words

Gates: Digital locks too complex

Digital Rights Management (DRM), which is used to stop copying, is a big issue for some people who feel it limits what they can do with legally bought files. (...) Bill Gates' short-term advice for people wanting to transfer songs from one system to another was to "buy a CD and rip it".

Bbc, 2006, December 15th | Language: EN | 441 words

Nokia Nseries Connecting Legends Of India

Nokia Nseries has joined hands with Indian Music Industry (IMI) to announce 'Legends of India', a new music offering to be preloaded into the Nokia Nseries music edition devices (...) Our partnership with Nokia Nseries will go a long way in creating a new revenue stream for the industry at large as well as help curb illegal distribution of music content."

EFYtimes, 2006, December 14th | Language: EN | 387 words

Apple denies download sales fall

Apple said the report is "simply incorrect", but will not divulge iTunes financial figures. Forrester said Apple users may be put off since iTunes songs can only be played on iPods or via iTunes itself. (...) While overall US sales at the iTunes Music Store were down 65%, the number of monthly transactions had declined 58%, while the average size per purchase had fallen 17%, Forrester said.

Bbc, 2006, December 13th | Language: EN | 367 words

'Crazy' en 'Hips Don't Lie' populairste iTunes in België

De enige Belgische artieste in de lijst is Axelle Red. Haar nieuwe plaat 'Jardin Secret' bekleedt een negende plaats in de album toptien van de iTunes Store België. (...) De iTunes Store publiceert deze week een overzicht van alle bestverkopende singles en albums van 2006 in alle 22 landen waarin het actief is.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2006, December 12th | Language: NL | 279 words

Sales of iPods and iTunes Not Much in Sync

Although both are successful, the relationship may not have worked out exactly as expected. At any given point, the cumulative number of songs sold by the iTunes store has generally been about 20 times the cumulative number of iPods sold, according to Forrester Research, the technology consulting firm. (...) The numbers suggest that iPods are not driving iTunes sales as much as early supporters may have expected.

The New York Times, 2006, December 11th | Language: EN | 172 words

Makers 'South Park' hebben niets tegen illegaal downloaden

Matt Stone en Trey Parker, de makers van de cartoonreeks 'South Park', zeggen in een interview onomwonden dat ze voorstander zijn van het illegaal downloaden van hun materiaal. (...) "Heel wat mensen zien onze shows enkel en alleen dankzij downloads die illegaal zijn. Dat heeft ons nooit kwaad berokkend. Hoe kan je in godsnaam actie ondernemen tegen mensen die je werk willen zien?

De Morgen, 2006, December 11th | Language: NL | 175 words

McCartney en Williams in de bres voor eerlijk auteursrecht

De Britse muzikanten pleiten voor een geldigheid van 95 jaar, zoals in de Verenigde Staten. De kwestie over het auteursrecht is opgelaaid nu zanger Cliff Richards de rechten op zijn eerste hit 'Move it!' uit 1958 dreigt kwijt te raken.

De Morgen, 2006, December 7th | Language: NL | 181 words

RIAA Petitions Judges to Lower Artist Royalties

The language of this statement reveals a great deal about who the RIAA is looking out for, and it's not artists. Couched in terms of apparent necessity, the RIAA's is insisting that the real musicians be paid less so that the record companies can continue to "drive revenues."

Ign Entertainment, 2006, December 7th | Language: EN | 792 words

Reuters Summit - Phones need better music interface - Warner Music

Wireless operators and cell phone makers need to make it easier for consumers to listen to music on handsets to tap the full potential of the market (...) (...) Warner Music derives about half of its digital music revenue from sales of wireless products such as musical ringtones.

Reuters, 2006, December 2nd | Language: EN | 355 words

Dubbele Clouseau-mania is begonnen

Nieuw is ook de instant live-cd die elke avond en meteen na de show te koop is voor 23 euro. Deze cd zal niet in de winkels te verkrijgen zijn (...)

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2006, December 1st | Language: NL | 235 words

Interview: Warner Music boss Edgar Bronfman

Warner Music Chief Executive Edgar Bronfman sat down in Second Life on Friday for a broad-ranging interview about CopyBot, the balancing act between the content industry's copyrights and the creativity of its customers, and the time he caught his own kids illegally downloading songs.

Reuters, 2006, December 1st | Language: EN | 1111 words

Opnieuw 4 illegale p2p-sites offline, totaal nu op 110

Deze week werden weer vier illegale p2p-sites offline gehaald na sommatie van BREIN. Het betreft de Bittorrentsites expoto.org, dreamplace.org, avalon-torrents.com, en mystery-torrents.nl. De Nederlandstalige sites hadden samen zo'n 23.000 geregistreerde gebruikers. (...) Recent wees de Amsterdamse Voorzieningenrechter een eis van BREIN toe waardoor een Internet Service Provider de NAW-gegevens diende af te geven van grote uploaders die als bron betrokken waren bij een illegale p2p-site.

Stichting Brein, 2006, December 1st | Language: NL | 408 words

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