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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 March 2007

[VIDEO] The MPAA's Most Wanted

Just over a month ago the Recording Industry Association of America released a list of universities allegedly beset by music piracy -- 25 institutions that, over the last academic year, had received more notices identifying cases of copyright infringement than any of their counterparts (...)

Chronicle Of Higer Education, 2007, March 30th | Language: EN | 362 words

Maatregelen bij Stichting de Thuiskopie

Minister Hirsch Ballin gaat maatregelen nemen om problemen bij Stichting de Thuiskopie te voorkomen. Ontvangen thuiskopievergoedingen zullen voortaan zo snel mogelijk en tegen zo laag mogelijke kosten worden verdeeld onder de rechthebbenden.

Pc-active, 2007, March 29th | Language: NL | 251 words

Politician eyes taxpayer money for piracy war

The record labels' attempt to curb music piracy on campuses nationwide picked up support this week when a Florida congressman introduced legislation that would allow colleges to use federal funds to reduce student bootlegging. (...) Rep. Rick Keller, R-Fla., hopes the Curb Illegal Downloading on College Campuses Act will spur colleges to take steps to ease the problem on campus.

Reuters, 2007, March 29th | Language: EN | 518 words

Italian Direct Connect P2P Network Shut Down after Police Raids

IFPI announced in a Wednesday press release that the infringing peer-to-peer (P2P) hub known as Discotequezone has been shut down after the Fiscal Police (GdF), acting with search warrants issued by the Public Prosecutor of Brescia and assisted by the Federation Against Music Piracy (FPM), raided several locations in Italy.

Ag-IP-news Agency, 2007, March 28th | Language: EN | 237 words

FICCI meet throws light on anti-piracy measures

He [Vijay Lazarus] pointed out that the IMI had been fairly active. "In the last five years, IMI has conducted 10,000 raids and seized cassettes and CDs worth Rs 50 crore. It has shut down 630 illegal internet sites, as well as secured 943 convictions," he said.

Daily News & Analysis, 2007, March 27th | Language: EN | 523 words

PwC Study Sees Service As 'Key Differentiator' For Online Companies

Having surveyed some 8,000 of its employees worldwide about the future of online media and service companies, global consulting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has come to a conclusion that's been common knowledge for a century, if not more: The customer is always right. (...) says the global market for music downloads will grow at a CAGR of 59.2% to reach $6.2 billion by 2010. No doubt this will hearten those in the music industry contemplating unemployment in light of the 20% decline in CD sales during the first three months of this year compared with the same period last year.

Information Week, 2007, March 27th | Language: EN | 556 words

Close Harmony: Bands and Web 2.0

Thanks to their ability to help young musicians win fans and launch careers, music sites are attracting indie artists and record labels (...) While well-established artists with sales to lose from music piracy often regard online media-sharing companies as a mixed blessing, independent artists have embraced such young startups and their ability to launch bands from obscurity into stardom.

Business Week, 2007, March 26th | Language: EN | 981 words

Recording industry group says piracy students are settling

A recording industry group that has been offering settlements to college students suspected of sharing music online says more than a quarter of the alleged music pirates have accepted the offer. The Recording Industry Association of America sent letters offering discounted settlements to 400 computer users at 13 universities in late February. Another batch was sent out this week.

The Tennessean, 2007, March 24th | Language: EN | 630 words

Music piracy students are settling

A letter to one Ohio University student told her that she distributed 787 audio files, putting her total minimum potential liability at more than $590,000. The minimum damages under the law is $750 for each copyright recording that had been shared, the letter said. Patrick McGee, an attorney the school in Athens, Ohio, arranged to meet with its students, has said $3,000 is the standard settlement offer, though cases have settled for as much as $5,000.

Coshocton Tribune, 2007, March 24th | Language: EN | 628 words

DMCA Architect Acknowledges Need For A New Approach

Lehman explained the U.S. perspective in the early 1990s that led to the DMCA (ie. greater control though TPMs), yet when reflecting on the success of the DMCA acknowledged that "our Clinton administration policies didn't work out very well" and "our attempts at copyright control have not been successful"

Michael Geist, 2007, March 23rd | Language: EN | 427 words

Indian music industry faces crisis

Although the Indian entertainment industry is growing by leaps and bounds, its musical arm is facing crisis - people are buying fewer audio cassettes and CDs. While people in urban India are using the latest gadgets like mobiles and ipods to download music, in rural areas the market is flooded with pirated copies of all music albums, affecting the sales of music companies.

Now Running, 2007, March 23rd | Language: EN | 895 words

Sales of Music, Long in Decline, Plunge Sharply, Rise in Downloading, Fails to Boost Industry

The sharp slide in sales of CDs, which still account for more than 85% of music sold, has far eclipsed the growth in sales of digital downloads, which were supposed to have been the industry's salvation. The slide stems from the confluence of long-simmering factors that are now feeding off each other, including the demise of specialty music retailers like longtime music mecca Tower Records. About 800 music stores, including Tower's 89 locations, closed in 2006 alone.

Wall Street Journal, 2007, March 21st | Language: EN | 1320 words

Does MySpace really help artists?

[Column] MySpace's plan to allow indie artists to sell downloads is an example of how vendors can use the Long Tail to make money. Too bad it won't help artists very much.

The Register, 2007, March 21st | Language: EN | 821 words

US Patent Office says P2P threatens national security

"A decade ago, the idea that copyright infringement could become a threat to national security would have seemed implausible," said USPTO director Jon Dudas, introducing the document. "Now, it's a sad reality." The report examines popular P2P platforms BearShare, eDonkey, KaZaA, LimeWire, and Morpheus. The central thrust of the authors is that the programs are designed to get users to share files inadvertently, thus incriminating themselves.

The Register, 2007, March 21st | Language: EN | 405 words

112.000 euro schadevergoeding voor verkoop illegale cd's

De correctionele rechtbank in Turnhout heeft een man en een vrouw uit Hoogstraten veroordeeld tot een schadevergoeding van ruim 112.000 euro voor het bezit en de verkoop van illegaal gekopieerde cd's en dvd's. Een van de gedupeerden was Microsoft.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2007, March 16th | Language: NL | 124 words

Dogs Used to Tackle Movie, Music Piracy

It is the first time dogs have been used by authorities anywhere around the world to detect contraband discs, said Mike Ellis, regional director for the MPAA. It took around nine months and $17,000 to train the dogs to detect polycarbonates, chemicals used in the disc manufacturing process, he added. Although the dogs cannot tell the difference between real and pirated discs, they can detect if DVDs are hidden among shipments signed off as a consignment of something else.

The Guardian, 2007, March 14th | Language: EN | 410 words

Koppel moet 100.000 euro wegens illegale kopies

Een koppel uit Izegem moet aan auteursrechtenvereniging Sabam en de Internationale Federatie van Muziekproducenten IFPI ruim 100.000 euro schadevergoeding betalen. Dat besliste de Kortrijkse strafrechte. Tussen juli 2004 en augustus 2005 kopieerden ze illegaal cd's en dvd's. Enkele exemplaren verkochten ze via eBay.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2007, March 14th | Language: NL | 140 words

RIAA action hits a foul note

Sadly, the RIAA's efforts are almost certain to fail and will only serve to intimidate a few students. At the core of these potential lawsuits is a fundamental disagreement over how to distribute media in a digital age. The public and the industry have never concurred on just how freely media should be shared, and at what price (if any) the distribution should be. CTRAX, Ruckus and other legal sharing programs are not sufficient answers to this problem.

Tufts Daily, 2007, March 14th | Language: EN | 632 words

Naples Court Imposes Heavy Jail Sentences for Music Pirates

IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide with some 1400 members in over 70 countries and affiliated industry associations in 48 countries, announced in a Tuesday press release that the Court of Appeal in Naples has imposed heavy jail sentences on members of an organized gang involved in a major music piracy case.

Ag-IP-news Agency, 2007, March 13th | Language: EN | 234 words

Man berecht voor handeltje in illegale dvd's en cd's

De correctionele rechtbank in Turnhout heeft een 27-jarige man uit Beerse veroordeeld tot een boete van 2.750 euro en een schadevergoeding van 59.875 euro. De man werd op 2 augustus 2005 betrapt in het bezit van honderden illegaal gekopieerde dvd's en cd's. In totaal vroegen zestien burgerlijke partijen een schadevergoeding.

Het Laatste Nieuws, 2007, March 13th | Language: NL | 162 words

50 students asked to pay $3,000 to settle charges of music piracy

As part of its ongoing copyright crackdown, the association has already sued about 18,000 computer users nationwide since September 2003. The figure includes 1,062 computer users at 130 universities. (...) A letter to one Ohio University student told her that she distributed 787 audio files, putting her total minimum potential liability at more than $590,000. The minimum damages under the law is $750 for each copyright recording that had been shared, the letter said.

Bridgewater Courier News, 2007, March 12th | Language: EN | 335 words

Music Industry Tightens Squeeze On Students

The recording industry is dusting off an old tactic in its never-ending effort to crack down on pirated music: Target the college kids. (...) "Music has never been more popular with fans than it is right now," said Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, in a hearing before the House Judiciary subcommittee on courts, the Internet and intellectual property. Yet fewer people, particularly college students, are paying for it, he said.

Washington Post, 2007, March 9th | Language: EN | 566 words

Stakingsvonnis ivm een beslag inzake namaak op een computerbeurs

Stakingsvonnis (rechtbank van eerste aanleg Leuven, afdeling burgerlijke rechtbank) ivm een beslag inzake namaak op een computerbeurs.

Auvibel, 2007, March 8th | Language: NL | 17 words

Yahoo! China sued for alleged copyright breach

Music industry giants including Warner Music Group Corp. are suing Yahoo! China for alleged copyright infringement by providing links to unlicensed music, trade organization IFPI said on Wednesday. (...) "We are surprised and frustrated that they should take this role in China given that they are our partners in other parts of the world," IFPI Chairman and CEO John Kennedy said in an emailed statement, referring to Yahoo! China.

Reuters, 2007, March 7th | Language: EN | 302 words

Vonnis ivm een beslag inzake namaak op een computerbeurs

Vonnis (rechtbank van eerste aanleg Leuven, afdeling burgerlijke rechtbank) ivm een beslag inzake namaak op een computerbeurs.

Auvibel, 2007, March 6th | Language: NL | 17 words

Nederlandse YouTube-ster naar VS voor platencontract

Op internet is de Nederlandse Esmée Denters al wereldberoemd. De 18-jarige Gelderse vliegt maandag naar de Verenigde Staten om een platencontract in de wacht te slepen. Volgens haar manager Jonathan is het echter niet zeker dat Esmée ook daadwerkelijk een contract ondertekent. ,,Haar fanbase op internet is zo groot dat we misschien wel zelf een album gaan produceren.''

De Standaard, 2007, March 4th | Language: NL | 273 words

RIAA launches piracy payment website

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has launched a website to collect payments from those accused of music piracy. P2Plawsuits.com is designed to cut back on the number of lawsuits filed by the RIAA, which it says will reduce the legal cost to those found guilty of downloading music illegally.

Vnunet, 2007, March 1st | Language: EN | 249 words

Music from all EA games - past and present - now available on the iTunes store via ea.com

Electronic Arts Inc., (NASDAQ: ERTS) announced that starting today the chart-busting music from its best-selling games will be available for purchase from the iTunes Store via ea.com.

Ea, 2007, March 1st | Language: EN | 703 words

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