Music Piracy
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"Yeezus" has been blowing up on the Internet this week since it leaked days before its official release tomorrow, June 18. Everyone's talking about it... How the Internet Is Changing Music (Feat. Amanda Palmer on Vocals) Read More: Michael Jackson, Economics, Jack Parow, Incentives, Science, Mortality, Gangnam Style, Lifespan, Music, Music Piracy, Video, Piracy, Zef, Psy, Walter Yetnikoff, Evolution, Club 27, Amanda Palmer, Entertainment News
Sometimes I think I can hear the internet as it relentlessly changes everything. But the sound of the internet changing everything grows most audible in and around the music industry. How Pirates May Actually Be Good For The Music Industry
Digital pirates have long been the bane of the music business, those in the music business say. No longer interested in buying songs when they can get... Eyes in the Dark: The Album Distributed Through the Power of the Pirate
Stockholm had an amazing idea to distribute their new album, Eyes in the Dark: they used the power of piracy and they did it with style.
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While record companies are quick to blame slumping sales within the industry on music-stealing pirates, a recent study suggests these moochers may als... Neil Young's Surprising Comments On Piracy Read More: Music Piracy, Steve Jobs, Video, Piracy, Neil Young Youtube, Neil Young Illegal Downloading, Pirate Bay, Neil Young, Riaa, Neil Young Piracy, Entertainment News
Though his recent statements are unlikely to shock the many young music fans who grew up downloading albums and songs illegally, many were surprised w... What's in a Name? Read More: Social Perception, Perceptual Fluency, Racial Bias, Undocumented Immigrants, Resume Study, Music Piracy, Sports Illustrated, Names, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, Situations Matter, Baby Names, Patagonian Toothfish, Undocumented Workers, Reggie Jackson, Video, Home News
Names matter. Whenever we hear one, we draw a wide range of assumptions about the individual person (or item) in question. Just ask the fish merchant whose stroke of naming genius turned the undesirable Patagonian toothfish into the haute cuisine Chilean sea bass. Guess What? Stealing Is Still Wrong Read More: Musicians, Music Industry, Recording Artists, Music Piracy, Illegal File Sharing, Downloading Music, Sharing Music, Illegally Downloading Music, File Sharing, Online Piracy, Home News
I don't actually believe that stealing my intellectual property is your constitutional right. Sorry, everybody. I get that you are used to consuming music like it's chewing gum, but those days are numbered. I'm glad that file sharing companies are getting shut down. Music Executive Tries To Explain Blatantly Hypocritical Act
Yesterday I reported on a bizarre incident I witnessed at Sundance last month: VEVO, the music portal owned by some of the biggest record labels in th... Lady Gaga, Jack White, Norah Jones And More: 10 Musicians OK With Piracy Read More: Music Piracy, Video, Piracy, Musicians Piracy, Pipa, Illegal File-Sharing, Online Piracy, Pro-Piracy, Lady GaGa, Neil Young, Megaupload, Sopa, Jack White, Norah Jones, Technology News
Following the massive web protests over Congress' online copyright protection bills SOPA and PIPA, as well as the high-profile takedown of file-hostin... Embrace Piracy
Once our government and the media industry realize that they need to compete with piracy rather than destroy it, they will overcome it. iTunes Match: It's A Pirate's Life For Me! Read More: Music Piracy, Torrent Itunes Match, Music Torrents, Itunes, Piracy musica Itunes Match, Video, Apple Itunes Match, Piracy, Apple, Itunes Match Torrent, Itunes Match Piracy, Rdio, Torrents, Pandora, iTunes Match, Spotify, Technology News
iTunes Match is a pretty good name for Apple's cloud music service -- simple, evocative, a combination of the words "iTunes" and "Match" -- but a bett... Artist Displays Hard Drive Filled With $5 Million In Pirated Files
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Artist Manuel Palou's new piece, '5 Million Dollars 1 Terabyte straddles the line betweenart and piracy. The work is described on the gallery's w... The Beatles Battle Music Piracy With New Video
AP/THE HUFFINGTON POST (LONDON) -- The Beatles are up for the fight against pirates. The estate of iconic British band has pledged its support for ... Beatles Backing UK Anti-Piracy Campaign Read More: Music-Matters-the-Beatles, Beatles Music Matter, UK Music Pirating, Music Piracy, The Beatles, Music Matters, Video, Beatles Music Pirates, Beatles Music Piracy, Beatles UK, Beatles, UK Arts, Music Pirating, UK Music Piracy, Arts News
LONDON -- The Beatles are up for the fight against pirates. The estate of iconic British band has pledged its support for the anti-piracy campaign ... What Do Placido Domingo And Metallica Have In Common? Celebrated opera star Placido Domingo has been named as chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), a worldwide orga... Apple iCloud, iTunes Match Music Storage Could Finally Make Piracy Pay
LOS ANGELES -- Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Monday introduced more than just a cloud storage system for songs that fans buy legitimately through iTune...
"All or Nothing at All"
Policy makers have struggled for over a decade to find the proper fix for the problems presented by rogue piracy websites and now with the PROTECT IP Bill they are taking some first steps. RIAA Wins $105M In Limewire Piracy Settlement, But Artists May Not Benefit Read More: Music Piracy, Piracy, Torrent, Settlement, last.fm, Limewire Settlement, Pirate, Music Industry, P2p, Pandora, Music, Filesharing, Riaa, Limewire, Arts News
CORRECTION: Information contained in the Torrentfreak article to which this post referred was incorrect. The RIAA has not released a statement specifi... Warning: You Are Forbidden to Buy E-Books!
That's right, you are forbidden to buy e-books. You also cannot buy songs off the radio or apps for your mobile phone. You can go to Amazon or the App... Has Music Piracy Killed the 'Recording Artist'?
After hearing The Beatles again last month I was reminded of a time when the songs mattered more and great recorded sound was the focus. A New Age of Dis-Connectivity in Music Read More: Fan, Songwriter, Music and Technology, Songwriters Guild of America, Music Fan, Musicians, Copyright Protection, Songwriting, Creator Maximalist, Intellectual Property, Music, Music Piracy, Sga, Jazz, Rick Carnes, Music Theft, Music Creators, Arts News
Back when the big labels were rolling in money they could afford to invest in diversity in their catalogs. Now the business has been reduced to 'crank up the computer and crank out another track' exactly like the last hit.
The End of Hollywood as We Know It
Illegal file sharing and piracy hurt artists, workers, businesses and national economies. So why is it so pervasive? Did honest people become lawbreakers overnight because digital technology put a dangerous tool in their hands? "Love" Talk With Suzanne Vega
Listening to her stripped down and stunning new album, "Close Up, Vol. 1 -- Love Songs," I realized why I've always liked Suzanne Vega -- because I love her. 30,000 Songwriters in the Making
If new technologies are just enablers for taking music without any means for compensation, the chance for future songwriters to make a decent living is in serious jeopardy.