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.
Archive for August 2007
Opnieuw 6 illegale p2p-sites offline na sommatie van BREIN
Opnieuw zijn illegale Bittorrentsites op sommatie van BREIN aan hun eigenaren en service providers offline gehaald. Deze keer 6 sites met ongeveer 70.000 geregistreerde gebruikers en 9.000 torrentlinks naar illegale bestanden. In totaal zijn er nu 162 illegale p2p-sites met ongeveer 1,6 miljoen geregistreerde gebruikers gestopt.
Stichting Brein, 2007, August 27th | Language: NL | 240 words
Oakland sewer employee arrested for selling hundreds of counterfeit DVDs
The DVD movie quality was shaky, the music CD sound was poor, but there were more than a thousand copies of brand new films and hundreds of new CDs and they were all on sale cheap at the city of Oakland's Corporation Yard. (...) According to authorities it was one of the largest amounts of counterfeit DVDs and CDs ever seized from an individual. "He was selling at least 100 a day, and had been doing this for several years," Chan said.
San Jose Mercury News, 2007, August 24th | Language: EN | 650 words
Thuiskopie: incassodaling door mp3-speler en harde schijf
Stichting De Thuiskopie heeft in 2006 voor het eerst sinds haar oprichting minder gelden geïnd dan het jaar daarvoor. De oorzaak zou liggen in het toegenomen gebruik van opslagmedia waarop geen heffing rust. (...) De stichting wilde in 2006 een heffing invoeren op draagbare audiospelers en harddiskrecorders, maar daar stak de ministerraad eind 2005 een stokje voor. Juist die mediadragers zouden vorig jaar verantwoordelijk zijn voor de daling van geïnde gelden (...)
Tweakers.net, 2007, August 23rd | Language: NL | 286 words
All of Allofmp3.com cleared of all music piracy charges
(...) a Moscow District court judge, Yekaterina Sharapova, ruled otherwise and acquitted Denis Kvasov and his website of all charges, stating that Allofmp3.com site had not violated Russian law. The website, that sold tracks for as little as 10 US cents and an entire album for under a dollar, was forced to go offline this June as a result of pressures brought to bear by US record companies and the Russian government.
TelekomTV, 2007, August 20th | Language: EN | 525 words
UC-Berkeley cracks down on pirates
UC-Berkeley students who download music illegally over campus computer networks will face the higher education version of a "time-out" - a week or more with no in-room Internet link. The new policy comes as the entertainment industry ups the pressure on universities to deter legions of student pirates who share copyrighted music and videos.
East Bay Daily News, 2007, August 17th | Language: EN | 685 words
Nederlandse internetters zijn uit op gratis illegaal muziekaanbod
De Nederlandse consument downloadt vooral illegaal muziek en is zich daarvan ten volle bewust. Dat blijkt uit een representatief onderzoek onder 322 Nederlanders, uitgevoerd door marktonderzoeksbureau Synovate/Interview NSS. Piraterijbestrijder BREIN wijst erop dat downloaden van illegaal aanbod door de Minister van Justitie is toegestaan onder meer omdat de consument het verschil tussen legaal en illegaal niet zou kunnen maken. Die veronderstelling wordt door de uitslag van dit onderzoek tegengesproken.
Stichting Brein, 2007, August 17th | Language: NL | 593 words
Universal sells songs without DRM
Vivendi's Universal Music has said it is to test the digital sale of songs from artists without the customary copy-protection technology. It will allow the sale of thousands of albums and tracks available in MP3-form without the protection, known as digital rights management (DRM).
Bbc, 2007, August 10th | Language: EN | 164 words
Billijke vergoeding voor muziek voortaan online aan te geven
Dat melden de beheersvennootschappen van de billijke vergoeding, SIMIM en URADEX. (...) De website "www.ikgebruikmuziek.be" moet daar verandering in brengen. Organisatoren kunnen op de site berekenen hoeveel billijke vergoeding ze moeten betalen. Bovendien vinden ze er een tabel met ongeveer 100.000 locaties, waar ze kunnen nagaan voor welke locaties al billijke vergoeding werd betaald en waar ze dus zonder extra kosten voor de billijke vergoeding hun evenementen kunnen organiseren.
Gazet Van Antwerpen, 2007, August 9th | Language: NL | 164 words
Copyright Piracy on the Internet in Lithuania
Lithuania is experiencing serious violations of intellectual property rights (IPR). Some of these IPR violations are copyright piracy on the Internet, transshipment of pirated optical media through Lithuania, and a large volume of hard goods piracy involving pirated optical discs. Lithuania's weak enforcement at the borders and frail Internet piracy surveillance is facilitating these IPR crimes.
IBLS, 2007, August 8th | Language: EN | 531 words
GOOD COPY BAD COPY
A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture.
Good Copy Bad Copy, 2007, August 2nd | Language: EN | 15 words
AC/DC Bypasses iTunes: Should Apple Care?
Today the band AC/DC says it's bypassing Apple's iTunes and has brokered an exclusive deal with Verizon to sell its music through Verizon's online music store. Anyone can visit Verizon and buy AC/DC music, but there is a catch. Verizon is not allowing you to buy individual AC/DC songs, rather forcing people to buy entire albums.
Pc World, 2007, August 1st | Language: EN | 463 words
Eminem Sues Apple Over iTunes Downloads
Everyone wants a bite out of Apple the days. Apple was sued in early July for copyright infringement concerning Avril Lavigne's "Girlfriend." Apple came under fire yet again in late July when Jose Trujillo filed an anti-trust lawsuit against the company over the iPhone's lack of a user-replaceable battery and "poor" battery life. Today, it's rap artist Eminem's turn to bite down to Apple's core. In a multi-million dollar lawsuit filed on Monday, Eminem's producer (Eight Mile Style) and his copyright manager (Martin Affiliated) claim that Universal Musical Group was never authorized to allow the download of his music from iTunes.
Daily Tech, 2007, August 1st | Language: EN | 280 words
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