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Piratebox: A DIY File-Sharing Network in a Lunchbox
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HypeBot
2011 is going to be a sad year if music pirates, academics, and hackers are able to create more things to get people excited about music than a multi-billion dollar a year industry. Fans have The Music Bay to look forward to in April and today they have PirateBox, an offline file-sharing network. David Darts, a professor from NYU Steinhardt, has created a wireless network that users can connect to and anonymously share digital files with. PirateBox doesn't connect to ...
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4 Ways Artists Can Make More from Publishing
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HypeBot
Downtown Music, the creator of rcrdlbl.com, has released a new online solution that empowers songwriters to take control of their publishing. Songtrust automates the process of royalty collection and lets songwriters track how their songs are being used around the world. In light of this announcement, Hypebot caught up with co-founder Justin Kalifowitz and asked him what this means for artists. Why should they join? Free Accounts: The company was also kind and offered Hypebot readers some free accounts. The ...
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The Bloody War with Activist Pirates...
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Digital Music News
Casual piracy is a multi-billion-dollar mess for the music industry, and an issue that may never get resolved. But major labels, Hollywood, and other major media companies have someserious enemies, often with unknown and completely untraceable identities. And, ones that are motivated to take extreme measures to disrupt, cause harm, and frustrate. That includes a splinter of the Pirate Bay, which is now taking the offensive. And, this relatively small group that is preparing a serious attack ahead. Looks like ...
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To Err is Human, to Arr is Pirate - Court Forces Major Labels to Pay $45m in Copyright Violation Claims
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HypeBot
The big four major labels—EMI, Sony, Universal, and Warner—are being required to pay upwards of $45 million to a group of artists and composers to close a class action lawsuit filed against them in Canada. This agreement will resolve the copyright infringement claims that were brought against them for selling CDs containing songs that the record labels had not secured the rights for. Artists were placed a “pending list" and many on that list had gone unpaid for years. For ...
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What To Do About Music Piracy
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Michael Ricci
by CHRIS RICH My examination of music piracy has been quite an eye opener.
The online theft of what is generally called Intellectual Property has gotten to the point of triggering backlash which began in November, 2010, when the Department of Homeland Security began to implement significant legal actions against a motley of online sites and counterfeit goods vendors.
The whole problem is exacerbated by safe harbor rulings dating back to the waning days of the Clinton administration, amid the ...
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2000-2010: RIAA Spends +$90 Million on Lobbying
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HypeBot
Since 2000, the RIAA has spent over $90 million in government lobbying efforts in the U.S. alone. In 2000, the record industry spent a mere $4 million, in attempt to shape the public opinion of file-sharing. By 2009, that figure rose to $17.5 million. The motion picture industry spent less than half of what the record industry in lobbying during the same period. The RIAA have also spent over $50 million in legal fees in the lawsuit campaign intended to ...
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Court Tells Universal We Can Resell Our Promo CDs
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HypeBot
The U.S. Court of Appeals shot down copyright infringement allegations from Universal Music Group and affirmed an eBay seller's right to resell promotional CDs that he buys from used music and other stores. In an opinion issued Tuesday, the court held: “UMG transferred title to the particular copies of its promotional CDs and cannot maintain an infringement action against (defendant) Augusto for his subsequent sale of those copies." But the court went further, implying protection for others who have gotten ...
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Music Industry Tops Worldwide Digital Cease and Desist Orders in 2010
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Clearinghouse ChillingEffects logged 12,000 DMCA cease and desist notices, some for a single URL and others like for The Pirate Bay containing hundreds. Across all categories and territories, the music industry led the list. Details: The international music industry, represented by the trade group IFPI, issued the most DMCA take down notices in 2010: 1272 in total.Most IFPI notices contained dozens of offenders each. The RIAA followed some film and media organizations to come in 7th place with 203 DMCA ...
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