Good news: Universals’ copyright suit against Veoh given the arse

Universal Music Group's (UMG) copyright suit against online video provider Veoh has been dismissed, establishing a precedent that may help similar companies in the online video space. According to a media release from Veoh, the Summary Judgment ruling ... continue

Virgin’s solution to piracy not sitting well with all record companies

Well color me surprised but not all of the record companies are happy with UK ISP Virgin Media’s planned subscription service for downloading music. The UK company believes that consumers want to be ... continue

Play illegal music on cellphone and find it shut down

Word is beginning to trickle out of Japan that the country’s government and music companies are trying to get a pioneering system in place that is designed to stop unauthorized copying of music on ... continue

The farce of musicians actually getting paid

Name any trade group that claims to represent songwriters and/or musicians and they well all tell you how they are all about making sure that the musicians are getting their fair share of money ... continue

Lawyer says it’s stupid to expect DRM’d goods to work forever

In some ways you have to admire the audacity and amount of hot air that lawyers for the entertainment industry can expel. Nowhere though is this type of verbal buffoonery more apparent than the ... continue

Yet another band says thank you for pirating our song

Just last week I posted about the second largest aquarium in the world and how cool it was. Well it turns out that the song by Barcelona used in the video had been pirated. ... continue

Is there finally light at the end of the dark music industry tunnel?

The music industry in general likes to paint all young music listeners as nothing more than downloading pirates out to destroy the music business as we know it. They have been labeled as the ... continue

Study finds CD’s still popular. In related news, they still make CD’s

A British study by a music industry consulting firm has claimed that CD's are still the most popular way to consume music. According to the Music Ally Speakerbox survey 73% of people were still happy purchasing CDs rather ... continue

Piracy down, streaming up in the UK

Where are your lawsuits now, music industry? Piracy was down by roughly a third in the UK in 2008, but streaming was way up in the same period. Savvy UK teenagers are using sites like Pandora, YouTube, Grooveshark ... continue

Musicians could teach the music industry a lesson or two

While there is a lot of discussion going on in the music industry and their related trade groups on how best to keep screwing the consumer there are musicians that seem to have no ... continue

Surprise, the RIAA has a blog and yes it’s boring and biased

When one things of the Recording Industry Association of America, otherwise known among other names as the RIAA, is well known for questionable legal actions and suing old women and single mothers. The last ... continue

Music industry now wants to be paid public performance royalties for ringtones

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is pushing to receive royalties for ringtones played in public. ASCAP claims that ringtones that sounds in public constitutes a public performance, a categorization that is beyond the purchased ... continue