Photo Credit: Kevin Dooley / CC by 2.0 The death of George Floyd has ignited serious talks about racism in the United States. It also prompted the removal of ‘insensitive’ media like Gone With the Wind. The result is a massive spike in piracy for removed media. HBO Max removed Gone With the Wind with […]
Photo Credit: Bryan Angelo The Trump administration has placed several Amazon sites on its notorious markets blacklist. The office of the U.S. Trade Representative updated the list today to include Amazon.ca, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, and Amazon.in. The list usually targets known piracy vectors like cyberlockers and torrent sites. The US-based site, Amazon.com, was only spared […]
Photo Credit: Unsplash British label group BPI has submitted its 500 millionth URL to Google for removal. It is reaching one billion removals from all search engines combined. While music streaming is growing globally, piracy is still a problem. Industry groups take action against copyright infringing sites by working with search engines to remove links […]
A substantial number of podcast bootleggers are delivering illegal music to Spotify users, and it’s unclear how — or if — the streaming service will stem the tide of copyright infringement and stolen royalties. According to a report from Pitchfork, a simple-but-effective process allows users to make demos, live recordings, unreleased tracks, and a slew of otherwise unpublished […]
Photo Credit: Unsplash The piracy case against ISPs continues with juror questions about their piracy habits. Record label lawyers want to know potential juror’s torrenting habits in an upcoming trial. The piracy case against Cox and other ISPs accuses them of not doing enough to curb piracy on its network. As part of the jury […]
Photo Credit: Justin Higuchi / CC by 2.0 Lady Gaga caused an uproar on social media when she tweeted ‘pirated’ stock photos. The singer used the images to criticize fans who listened to her leaked song early. The singer’s newest song, “Stupid Love” leaked on the internet and soon went viral. While Twitter worked hard […]
Photo Credit: Vjeran Pavic / CC by 3.0 In a collection of 37 Twitter posts, composer Kerry Muzzey described his odyssey of trying to get paid for music of his that has appeared on Chinese TV. Muzzey alleges that the culprit is China Central Television (CCTV). He insists that, for many years, the television network […]