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 February 2008

Internet pirates could be banned from web

Ministers want broadband companies to take action against the 6 million internet users in Britain who are suspected of accessing pirated material from the web. Internet pirates could be banned from web America and France have already taken action on internet piracy, putting pressure on the UK Under the "three strikes" plans, those breaking the law will receive a warning email for the first offence and a temporary suspension from going online for the second.

Telegraph Newspaper Online, 2008, February 26th | Language: EN | 731 words

There's growing harmony in music piracy debate

The music and film industries argue that ISPs benefit from the songs and movies available online, making their Internet connection more valuable, but they have done little to counter the rampant piracy that can follow. Under one plan by the IFPI, the trade body would search peer-to-peer networks like Limewire to identify those heavily sharing files.

Globe And Mail, 2008, February 22nd | Language: EN | 737 words

MySpace seeks joint ventures for iTunes rival

MySpace, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp empire, is trying to tie up deals with a number of record labels to produce its own digital music service to compete with Apple's iTunes. Tentatively dubbed MySpace Music, the service would let users of the MySpace site play music on their computers while logged onto the site. They would also be able to buy and download tracks free of copyright protection.

The Guardian, 2008, February 21st | Language: EN | 300 words

5 illegale Bittorrent sites down na sommatie van BREIN

De afgelopen twee weken gingen weer vijf illegale Bittorrent sites offline na sommatie van BREIN. Het betreft de middelgrote website zerotracker, gericht op een internationaal publiek, en vier kleinere voornamelijk op Nederland gerichte sites. De 5 sites hadden in totaal meer dan 40.000 torrentlinks naar illegale bestanden en ruim 130.000 geregistreerde gebruikers.

Stichting Brein, 2008, February 21st | Language: NL | 303 words

Oklahoma State Turns Over Student Names to RIAA

Oklahoma State University on Tuesday joined a growing list of colleges and universities that have forked over student names to the Recording Industry Association of America in accordance with a court ordered subpoena.

Pc World, 2008, February 14th | Language: EN | 320 words

File sharing takes up to 95% of net use at night

About eight million people worldwide are on file-sharing networks at any one time. There are more than 900 million illegal music files available for download on file-sharing networks. File-sharing was the most used service on the internet last year. The heaviest usage was observed during the night, when the percentage of file-sharing traffic rose to up to 95 per cent of total internet traffic.

Times Online, 2008, February 12th | Language: EN | 814 words

Nederlandse sites moeten Youtube-clips schrappen

Buma/Stemra, de Nederlandse tegenhanger van de auteursrechtenvereniging Sabam, onderneemt actie tegen websites waarop muziekfilmpjes van Youtube staan. (...) Dat kan niet langer, vindt Buma/Stemra. De Nederlandse beheersmaatschappij voor auteursrechten vindt dat websites die dat doen, een bijdrage voor webcasting moeten betalen. Doen ze dat niet, dan schenden ze het auteursrecht.

De Standaard, 2008, February 8th | Language: NL | 292 words

Interview with RapidShare: "You can't turn back time"

RapidShare is battling accusations that it is not doing enough to prevent music piracy on its servers. The company claims that it can't be held responsible for piracy and that there is no filter technology that can identify music files anyway. German representatives of copyright holders, want RapidShare to prevent the publication of music files and, if necessary, shut down the service.

TG Daily, 2008, February 8th | Language: EN | 1400 words

Not all music downloads are illegal

Apple pioneered the DRM-free music download option when it announced its deal with EMI to sell DRM-free music for slightly more than the cost of a regular download. The incentive to buy these songs is that the sound quality of the DRM-free versions is about twice as good as regular downloads. Amazon (...) recently announced its own plans to sell DRM- free music but with the support of most, if not all, of the music labels.

Times, 2008, February 6th | Language: EN | 255 words

Grote muzieklabels vervolgen Chinese zoekrobot

Drie grote muzieklabels - Universal, Warner en Sony BMG - hebben beslist de Chinese zoekrobot Baidu opnieuw te vervolgen, omdat ze willen dat die ophoudt met het aanbieden van links naar websites met gepirateerde muziek.

De Standaard, 2008, February 5th | Language: EN | 251 words

BitTorrent admin's police bail extended (again)

Cleveland police have extended the bail granted to the former administrator of an alleged music piracy site for a second time, in a bid to collect more evidence for a case that could mark a watershed for UK internet law. Alan Ellis, a 24-year-old IT worker from Middlesbrough, was arrested in October on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and copyright infringement offences, over his site OiNK's Pink Palace. A police spokeswoman said today that he had been briefly reinterviewed today for clarifications and granted police bail to reappear on May 6. The extension has been sought to allow more time for computer forensics, she said.

The Register, 2008, February 4th | Language: EN | 602 words

China's music sales won't pay for Robbie

The statistics arrived in a press release from the music industry trade body the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) trumpeting lawsuits against Chinese internet piracy. They outlined just how much consumers in what the press release describes as "potentially the largest online music-buying public in the world" currently spend on music. Robbie Williams$76 million last year – around £40 million at today's exchange rate. That's about 3p per head. Or to put it another way, about half the amount EMI agreed to pay Robbie Williams in October 2002 when he signed a new contract. So don't the Chinese have any appetite for music? Or maybe they haven't yet got enough internet connections to make digital downloads take off? Actually, there are as many broadband connections in China as in the US and one suspects the interest in music is just as great.

Bbc, 2008, February 4th | Language: EN | 382 words

China sued over web music piracy

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry says the firms offer direct links to pirated music. It estimates that 99% of all music files in China are pirated. As a result, the trade body says the annual legal music market in China accounts for just $76m (£38m).

Bbc, 2008, February 4th | Language: EN | 236 words

Major record labels strike deal with online service

Battling the twin demons of plummeting sales and rampant piracy, the four major record companies moved closer last week to allowing music lovers to listen to any tune, free of charge. The companies agreed to license their digital catalogues to a new service that exploits online music bandits for commercial purposes. Qtrax, as the web service is called, legitimises the peer-to-peer networks that accelerated music piracy in the 1990s by allowing computer users to share their music files online.

Gulf News (Dubai,United Arab Emirates), 2008, February 2nd | Language: EN | 457 words

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