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Music Piracy

BitTorrent Piracy Boosts Music Sales, Study Finds - TorrentFreak Digitaltrends.com BitTorrent Piracy Boosts Music Sales, Study Finds TorrentFreak Instead, the research finds that more piracy directly leads to more album sales. For more than a decade researchers have been looking into the effects of music piracy on the revenues of the record industry, with mixed results. None of these researchers ... BitTorrent piracy increases sales of 'leaked' albums: studyDigitaltrends.com BitTorrent piracy found by study to boost music salesBGR Big Content's Piracy Myth Busted: BitTorrent 'Piracy' Does Actually Boost Sales!Legit Reviews Wired.co.uk all 5 news articles »

Do BitTorrents Bolster Music Sales? - Village Voice (blog) Gizmodo UK Do BitTorrents Bolster Music Sales? Village Voice (blog) By Victoria Bekiempis Thu., May 17 2012 at 9:44 AM Though record labels have often claimed that piracy threatens artists, a new study suggests that unauthorized file-sharing via BitTorrent might not hurt music sales: in fact, it might boost them. Believe It or Not, a Study Has Found Piracy Boosts Music SalesGizmodo UK A new study shows BitTorrent piracy leads to higher album salesTweakTown Academic Research Says BitTorrent Is Definitely Not the 'New Radio...'Digital Music News all 10 news articles »

Big-name backers for Spotify - The Australian Big-name backers for Spotify The Australian "The real competition is piracy and our belief from the get-go is the only way to be successful in this market is that you have to have a better model than piracy. "We're bringing revenues back to artists and labels, reminding people that music is an ... Spotify to launch in Australia tomorrow, but analysts opt to wait and seeSmartCompany.com.au all 3 news articles »

Music piracy hurts - London Free Press Music piracy hurts London Free Press By William Wolfe-Wylie, QMI Agency Last week I wrote about the changing music industry from the consumer perspective: Some high school students believe that all music downloads should be free and used as marketing avenues to further live shows and ... and more »

Music Piracy, the Way Forward - AllAfrica.com Music Piracy, the Way Forward AllAfrica.com But then, since this duplication looks like one we'll live with forever; what are the musicians doing to curb this piracy? Well, so far, artists have formed an umbrella association; Rwanda Artists Association which brings together, musicians, ...

Quality of music getting poor: Anand-Milind - Times of India Quality of music getting poor: Anand-Milind Times of India Meanwhile, Anand feels piracy is killing the country's music industry. "Piracy is one major problem in our country. It is affecting especially our music world," he said. "In today's world, if you go to any retail music stores or shop, you will find ... and more »

Dangdut Music Gets Its Groove Back - Jakarta Globe Jakarta Globe Dangdut Music Gets Its Groove Back Jakarta Globe Dang dut music ic authenthic Indonesian music genre championed by its superstar singer, songwriter and composer Rhoma Irama and his Soneta group and nothing else like him and his group or even comes close to it in every aspects period. what's going on ... and more »

'The Truth Is, It Doesn't Work' - CD Projekt On DRM - Forbes Forbes 'The Truth Is, It Doesn't Work' - CD Projekt On DRM Forbes File sharers even considerately remove the unskippability of these warnings, making watching a pirate version potentially more convenient than a paid-for copy.) Let's take a look at the music industry. First all music files were protected with various ... and more »

The Merger Music Fans and the Government Should Fear - The Atlantic Yahoo!7 News The Merger Music Fans and the Government Should Fear The Atlantic But Reuters reports that the agency is at least considering the notion that the deal could be kosher because "the major recording companies already are weakened giants worn down by the forces of big retailers and piracy that put downward pressure on ... Key to Universal-EMI decision: Has music business lost control?Yahoo!7 News all 10 news articles »

e-Books may take a page out of digital music's book - Ars Technica Ars Technica e-Books may take a page out of digital music's book Ars Technica Hopefully, publishing is realizing something that the music industry has known for years: DRM is dead. Of course, publishers aren't giving up entirely on DRM yet—they just want a different kind. But the IDPF suggested version of content management ... and more »