Music piracy - archive for March 2008

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 articles related to music and video piracy (with special attention to articles from Belgium and the Netherlands).

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Archive

Muziekindustrie werkt aan mp3- abonnementen

De muziekmaatschappij Sony BMG, een joint venture van Sony en het Duitse mediaconcern Bertelsmann, overweegt om nog dit jaar te beginnen met een dienst die onbeperkt downloaden van zijn hele muziekcatalogus mogelijk maakt voor 6 ą 8euro per maand. (...) De voorbije dagen wezen ook andere berichten erop dat de muziekindustrie mentaal rijp is voor de verkoop van digitale muziek in bulkvorm. Zo meldde de Financial Times vorige week dat Apple met verscheidene muziekmaatschappijen praat over een abonnementsformule voor zijn online winkel iTunes, specifiek voor mensen die een muziekspeler van Apple (iPod of iPhone) hebben gekocht.

Date: 2008, March 26 | Source (NL): De Standaard

Acties tegen piraterij bijzonder succesvol

Meer dan 70 procent van de onderzoeken ging over piraterij op het internet. Dat blijkt uit cijfers van de Belgian Anti-piracy Federarion (BAF). De kaap van de honderdduizend in beslag genomen illegale goederen werd ook voor het eerst overschreden. (...) Vorig jaar werden ook de grootste schadevergoedingen ooit toegekend voor audiovisuele piraterij en namaak. Het hof van beroep van Luik veroordeelde een verdachte voor een totaal bedrag van 418.645 euro en het hof van beroep van Antwerpen vond dat het verkopen van voornamelijk gekopieerde games een schadevergoeding verdiende van 455.970 euro. In totaal werden er voor 1.639.428 euro schadevergoedingen toegekend aan de leden van BAF.

Date: 2008, March 26 | Source (NL): Het Laatste Nieuws

These crazy bloggers still think they understand the music business

In an op-ed piece in the New York Times on Saturday, British musician Billy Bragg suggests that social networks like Bebo and MySpace should pay royalties for the music that is made available through their services. He argues against the notion that the "free promotion" provided makes a royalty unreasonable, pointing out that radio stations, which also provide "free promotion," pay royalties.

Date: 2008, March 25 | Source (EN): E-consultancy

Beyond ownership

Ownership is an outmoded concept for some products of the digital age. Once music, movies or this newspaper are turned into digital bits and reproduction and distribution costs fall essentially to zero, rights of access become more important than rights of ownership. Yet old consumer mindsets around ownership have been one barrier to the creation of more stable business models in the digital media industry, especially music. Subscription and advertising-supported businesses that grant blanket rights of access to entire libraries of content make more sense in the long run, yet most consumers still want the comfort of feeling that they "own" their digital music outright. While that has turned Apple's iTunes store into the second-biggest US music retailer, it has also had the more devastating effect of making music piracy rampant.

Date: 2008, March 23 | Source (EN): Financial Times

USF keeps watch on student's music

The world's major record labels are watching, and have sued 13 USF students in federal court, claiming those students pirated music. Dozens more lawsuits could follow. USF also is watching. As soon as students run a file-sharing program such as Limewire or BitTorrent on the campus computer network, the university now directs them to a page where they must promise not to use the site for illicit reasons.

Date: 2008, March 20 | Source (EN): Tampa Bay Online

Zweedse ministers: isp's moeten namen filesharers doorgeven

Twee Zweede ministers pleiten er voor dat isp's door de rechter gedwongen moeten kunnen worden om identiteitsgegevens van p2p-gebruikers af te staan. Momenteel ontbeert de Zweedse strafwet dergelijke regelgeving.

Date: 2008, March 14 | Source (NL): Tweakers

Music Industry Proposes a Piracy Surcharge on ISPs

Having failed to stop piracy by suing internet users, the music industry is for the first time seriously considering a file sharing surcharge that internet service providers would collect from users. In recent months, some of the major labels have warmed to a pitch by Jim Griffin, one of the idea's chief proponents, to seek an extra fee on broadband connections and to use the money to compensate rights holders for music that's shared online. Griffin, who consults on digital strategy for three of the four majors, will argue his case at what promises to be a heated discussion Friday at South by Southwest.

Date: 2008, March 13 | Source (EN): Wired

R.E.M. to debut new album on Facebook application

R.E.M. have announced that they will debut their forthcoming album on the iLike internet application used on social networking site Facebook. The American band will release Accelerate as a stream available for sharing on March 24 - a week before the album hits shop shelves. They are the first major music act to debut a full album using the iLike application – a widget used widely on Facebook, but also on iTunes and other social networking applications. All 11 tracks will be available to listen to (but not to download), and an online-only video of the band discussing the album will compliment the package.

Date: 2008, March 11 | Source (EN): Times Online

Bill Would Penalize Colleges For Music Piracy

Illegal downloading is a huge problem on college campuses in Tennessee. The University of Tennessee is fourth on the list when it comes to music piracy, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. So state lawmakers are looking at a bill that requires public universities and colleges to make sure students cannot download illegal music.

Date: 2008, March 05 | Source (EN): News Channel 5 (Nashville)

Auvibel valt binnen op multimediabeurs

De politie is gisteren binnengevallen op de Micro Mega Market in Charleroi, een multimedia- en informaticabeurs. De agenten waren op zoek naar blanco cd's en dvd's waarvoor geen vergoeding voor thuiskopiėren betaald was. (...) Tijdens de voormiddag werd op de zondagsmarkt in Charleroi ook al een razzia uitgevoerd. In totaal zouden er gisteren ongeveer tienduizend blanco schijfjes in beslag genomen zijn.

Date: 2008, March 03 | Source (NL): Zdnet