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Study finds pirates 10 times more likely to buy music | Music | guardian.co.uk
According to research, those who download 'free' music are also the industry's largest audience for digital sales
music  business  culture  technology  media  article  research  p2p  piracy  study  filesharing  marketing 
june 2009 by bradbarrish
Did Last.fm Just Hand Over User Listening Data To the RIAA?
This could be a big win for the U2 camp since until now tha album has gotten almost no press and there's been almost no marketing around the album.
riaa  privacy  music  piracy  marketing 
february 2009 by bradbarrish
Music pirates will not be disconnected from the internet - Times Online
British Telecom said: “We're still hopeful that an amicable solution, without the need for legislation, can be reached. It doesn't make sense to try to get people online and at the same time scare them away.”
music  piracy  uk  law  government  copyright  trends 
february 2009 by bradbarrish
Music Industry Imitates Digital Pirates to Turn a Profit - NYTimes.com
After years of futile efforts to stop digital pirates from copying its music, the music business has started to copy the pirates.
nytimes  piracy  p2p  music  business 
january 2009 by bradbarrish
Music industry urged to embrace the Internet - Yahoo! News
The music industry needs to learn from the "dark side of the Internet" that has so decimated its business if it is to ever regain the upper hand in the fight against piracy.
music  business  p2p  piracy  article 
january 2009 by bradbarrish
Showdown Looms Over Pirated-Media Directory - WSJ.com
Swedish Prosecutors Target Organizers of Pirate Bay, A Huge File-Sharing Guide
wsj  article  piracy  music 
january 2008 by bradbarrish
University of Kansas adopts one-strike policy for copyright infringement
In response to the RIAA and MPAA's campaign against file-sharing, the University of Kansas has announced a stringent policy for students found sharing copyrighted content on the university network.
kansas  riaa  copyright  p2p  piracy 
july 2007 by bradbarrish
Digital music singles flex muscles, kick sand on antiquated album
Good news for digital sales means bad news for the traditional album, which is down another 15 percent. People simply aren't buying physical albums the way they used to, and we've argued before that this is a natural effect of digital music sales.
2007  business  news  piracy  riaa  music 
july 2007 by bradbarrish
Congress, RIAA and Universities prepare for P2P "arms race"
The heated debate over file sharing and the role that American colleges and universities should take in response to it ratcheted up a notch Tuesday as industry players and college and university reps gathered in DC
copyright  government  internet  law  p2p  piracy  politics  riaa 
june 2007 by bradbarrish
Music CD, I'm just not that into you
There's much to and fro about what's behind the drop. The industry as always wants to blame piracy. Critics want to blame poor quality of product, bad marketing tactics and digital rights restricting technologies
business  businessweek  copyright  digital  dvd  economics  music  piracy  riaa  media 
june 2007 by bradbarrish
Hollywood Asks YouTube: Friend or Foe? - New York Times
As YouTube, with the backing of Google, becomes a powerful force in the media world, Hollywood studios and other entertainment companies are trying to figure out if it is friend or foe.
youtube  news  video  universal  movie  piracy  nytimes 
january 2007 by bradbarrish
"BitTyrant" promises faster downloads at the expense of the whole
BitTyrant does its magic by monitoring other connected users' upload speeds, and prioritizes those with faster upload connections.
bittorrent  internet  p2p  software  piracy 
january 2007 by bradbarrish
Why piracy is still more common than legal video downloads
A recent study conducted by consumer and retail analysis group NPD claims that peer-to-peer (P2P) video downloads (which in the study are synonymous with illegal downloads) are outpacing purchases from legitimate video download services five to one.
copyright  piracy  technology  p2p  video 
december 2006 by bradbarrish
Leaks of new songs difficult to plug -- and some in industry don't care | Chicago Tribune
People who want new music the minute it becomes available and Internet-savvy listeners who will give it to them no matter the risk have forced the recording industry to fight battles over regulation and content management that make its infamous tussles wi
music  business  p2p  piracy  buzz  blog  news 
december 2006 by bradbarrish
Why does the fashion industry thrive in spite of rampant IP
In a forthcoming Virginia Law Review paper, entitled "The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design," two law professors investigate how the fashion industry manages to thrive despite rampant copying of clothing designs.
fashion  audrey  blog  law  piracy  business 
november 2006 by bradbarrish
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mac  software  p2p  piracy 
november 2006 by bradbarrish
Ailing Music Industry Casts Around for Solutions at Berlin Fair | Culture & Lifestyle | Deutsche Welle | 20.09.2006
Artists and representatives of the global music industry will gather in Berlin at the Popkomm music fair that opens Wednesday to discuss innovative ways to combat piracy and illegal downloads.
music  art  technology  innovation  piracy  p2p  business 
september 2006 by bradbarrish
Recording Industry vs The People
A blog devoted to the RIAA's lawsuits of intimidation brought against ordinary working people.
bittorrent  blog  business  copyright  mp3  riaa  piracy  politics  music  law 
september 2006 by bradbarrish
AP Wire | 09/12/2006 | Firm behind eDonkey to pay $30 million to avoid piracy claims
The firm behind popular online file-sharing software eDonkey has agreed to pay $30 million to avoid potential copyright infringement lawsuits from the recording industry, according to court documents filed Tuesday.
internet  music  p2p  riaa  legal  piracy  news 
september 2006 by bradbarrish

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