Music piracy - archive for March 2009
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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BAF bestrijdt voortaan ook muziekpiraterij
Tegelijk met haar jaarcijfers maakt de BAF bekend dat ze voortaan ook de bestrijding van muziekpiraterij voor haar rekening neemt. Daarmee neemt de organisatie een taak over de Belgian Entertertainment Association (BEA), het vroegere IFPI. Tot dusver focuste BAF op games- en filmpiraterij.
Date: 2009, March 20 | Source (NL): Zdnet
The Pirate Bay User Pages Blocked by Google, Firefox
A few hours ago, certain sections of The Pirate Bay were flagged by Google as containing malware and were subsequently blocked. Similar warnings are being shown by Firefox, which states that the world's largest tracker is an "attack site". The Pirate Bay team are working on the problem now.
Date: 2009, March 15 | Source (EN): Torrent Freak
Feds Demand Prison for Guns N' Roses Uploader
Skwerl Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are pursuing a 6-month prison term for a Los Angeles man who pleaded guilty in December to one misdemeanor count of uploading pre-release Guns N' Roses tracks, according to court documents. Kevin Cogill was arrested last summer at gunpoint and charged with uploading nine tracks of the Chinese Democracy album to his music site — antiquiet.com. The album, which cost millions and took 17 years to complete, was released November 23 and reached No. 3 in the charts.
Date: 2009, March 13 | Source (EN): Wired
Robbie Williams, Billy Bragg et al say downloads aren't illegal
Billy Bragg, who sits on the newly-formed group's board of directors, told the Independent last night that the majority of artists who had registered their support of the FAC's [Featured Artists Coalition] charter were opposed to criminal prosecutions against individuals accused of downloading music illegally.
Date: 2009, March 12 | Source (EN): The Register
Youtube en Universal Music onderhandelen over online muziekzender
Het is op Youtube altijd even zoeken voor je de muziekclip te pakken hebt die je wil zien. Vaak open je eerst een filmpje met een inferieure beeld- of klankkwaliteit, waarvan de muziek pijn doet aan de oren. Daar willen Universal Music en Youtube nu verandering in brengen. Volgens The Wall Street Journal praten de twee over een aparte website, waarop clips van Universal-artiesten in hoge kwaliteit worden getoond. Een soort MTV, TMF of JIM 2.0, zeg maar. Als naam van de website circuleert 'Vevo'. De site zou niet enkel hogere prijzen voor advertentieruimte kunnen vragen, hij zou ook als katalysator voor andere inkomsten kunnen fungeren, bijvoorbeeld uit merchandising of ticketverkoop. Het overleg tussen Youtube en Universal kan nog weken aanslepen. Universal verdedigt de belangen van onder anderen Kanye West en U2.
Date: 2009, March 06 | Source (NL): De Standaard