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  • Timesonline market research shows music artists revenues on the up.


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    Timesonline Labs blog published some interesting market research in November suggesting that revenues that musicians receive from non record label sources is on the rise.  The increases seem to more than compensate for the decrease in their incomes from record label contracts. Record label revenues though are shown ...
    6 days ago
  • The Dark Side of the Internet


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    Andy Beckett , a columnist for The Guardian , recently published a well written, thought provoking article called The Dark Side of the Internet . In it, Beckett explores the “deep web”, digging into the details behind software and music piracy , viruses , and other illegal activities taking place online.
    1 week ago
  • Alliance Against IP Theft meets MPs


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    The Alliance Against IP Theft held a meeting yesterday at Westminster Hall in The House of Commons.  Present were 5 speakers from the creative industries – from Fulham FC, Universal Music, a freelance writer and journalist, a publisher from Random House and a construction manager at a film studio – and a panel ...
    1 week ago
  • P2P regulation in Digital Economy Bill ain’t going to work


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    Now that the Digital Economy Bill has been published we can comment on its specifics. and in particular on the aspects relating to what the Government describes as “Online infringement of copyright” or illegal filesharing/Music Piracy in every day language.  It doesn’t just pertain to music, it includes ...
    2 weeks ago
  • The Death of Illegal Downloading


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    A straight repost here, because we’ve been saying this for a while: the Guardian basically patting Spotify on the back for having an instrumental part in the decline of illegal filesharing. A great reason to let us do your online distribution for you, as we’re working with Spotify. While the government and the ...
    2 weeks ago
  • MC Hammer Weighs In Against Draconian Piracy Laws


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    The peak of his success might have been 20 years ago, ( ‘Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em’ was the 74th biggest selling album ever , according to the RIAA) but he’s still alive and kicking against the harsh punishment that is being called for by the RIAA and other copyright protection bodies: “The approach ...
    2 weeks ago
  • MC Hammer: STOP… The Music Piracy Crackdown


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    There is a great divide between artists on how music piracy should be addressed. read more
    2 weeks ago
  • IFPI – New Research On Music Buying Habits


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    Another new survey conducted in the EU argues that music sharers buy less music over the course of a year than those who are classified as online or physical only buyers. http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/Jupiter_Research_study_on_online_piracy.pdf Oddly iPod owners aren’t classified as digital music buyers, ...
    2 weeks ago
  • more on the music industry filesharing debate


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    this post on the uk’s Telegraph shares the results of a recent analysis on where revenue is going.  the short answer: it’s what i, and a lot of other people, have been saying for a long time — the big wigs are losing money but, on the whole, individual artists actually benefit from filesharing, even despite ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Spotify, MOG, Streaming, Piracy and the Future of Digital Music


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    The debate on music piracy is a bit like that on global warming; vocal and vehement, and extremely polarised (pardon the pun). Evidence can be produced to support the most extreme opinion s, and is wrangled over until those in the middle don’t know what is believable . Consensus seems to be that even though ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Pre-Release Music Piracy: Further Arrests, Exec Loses Job


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    Earlier this year, DV8, one of the busiest ‘Scene’ music piracy groups responsible for more than 3,000 single and album releases, suffered major setbacks. A BPI investigation led to a police swoop on members of the group. They were subjected to searches, seizure of their computers and other assorted items, and ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Bookmarks for November 3rd 2009 through November 10th 2009


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    Sites that I found interesting for November 3rd 2009 through November 10th 2009: Computer Security Company Takes Out Enormous Botnet – Security firm FireEye has reportedly struck a massive blow against spam. The so called “Mega-D” or “Ozdok” spam botnet was effectively dismantled by these intrepid ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Buy Ableton discounted until January


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    It’s Ableton’s 10th anniversary this year, and to celebrate the fact (and get more people using the r software they’re giving a discount of 20% on the Ableton Live 8 [down from 349 to 299 Euros]and Suite 8 [down from 549 to 449 Euros], with other price drops across the rest of their range. If you’ve been ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Spotify curbs music piracy – streaming is the future


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    Music piracy is a huge part of the Internet and, whether you think it’s a major problem as the record labels would have us believe or not, it is [...]
    4 weeks ago
  • BlueBeat – Psycho Acoustic Crusher


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    We picked up on Blue Beat’s strange decision to start streaming otherwise unavailable tracks from the Beatles’ back catalogue without the right’s owners permission, but it turns out their infringements are much more widespread. As music business news site Hypebot has just reported, they also claim to have the ...
    4 weeks ago
  • fix the broken music industry, revisited


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    Upstart Blogger restates some ideas I’ve been blogging about for a while .  The question is, will anyone listen? Now is the time to force the music industry to change . Related posts: wake up, music industry! fix the music biz by taking cues from the porn industry jazzs3quence: Adults who d/l ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Peer 2 Peer Piracy – good lord no!


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    Had a meeting with BIS this morning as the final opportunity to influence the forthcoming Digital Britain bill. Nothing was said really that hasn’t already been published somewhere. We will know the precise content in a couple of weeks. There is an awful lot of detail that will have to be worked out and with only ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Beatles vs. the Web: EMI sues music pirates, unveils Fab Four on USB drive


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    Filed under: Company News , Technology , People , Media And so it goes on: the interminable wait for a deal that would make the Beatles music available on the Web. Instead, Apple Corps. Ltd., which manages the Beatles legacy, and EMI, the bands record label, have announced the release of a limited-edition USB ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Investment and Innovation Imperative for the future of Digital Online


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    Interesting post over at MidemNet about why Deezer (a French streaming service) feel they are now coming in second place to Spotify: the author basically concludes that investment and innovation in the next wave of technology is essential if we’re going to move away from both the lugubrious bricks and mortar ...
    4 weeks ago
  • wake up, music industry!


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    a couple of weeks ago i posted my reactions to some stuff that sam rosenthal was talking about on his projekt newsletter and facebook page .  sam graciously took the opportunity to comment on my post , and one of his main points was this: Just because *you* buy music after nabbing it illegally, you are mistaken ...
    4 weeks ago

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