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Pirates Say "Don't Make Me Steal" - A Digital Media Consumption Manifesto
A loose collective of digital media pirates have created a manifesto that outlines what they say rightsholders need to do to stop them pirating. While its aimed at the film industry, the five point Don't Make Me Steal manifesto has wider implications for music and all other digital content. The 5 Point Manifesto: 1. Price: using ...
Tuncecore Poll Shows 44% of Musicians Don't Copyright Their Music
A new Tunecore Soundcheck poll shows that a surprising 44% of musicians do not protect their work by copyrighting it. Reasons varied from “I don't know how. to “cost ($35 and up) to “It's too expensive" and “I don't see the need." Poll results and resources on how and where to copyright your creative output: SoundCheck ...
New Approach to Fight Music Piracy Needed
Not a week goes by where we don't write one story that involves or mentions music piracy. To this day, it's the number one industry discussion topic. How do we curtail it? Are there any solutions? Today, I read one suggestion by that was insightful and clever. Like anything, I'm sure there are a few perspectives ...
What to Do when Someone Steals Your Song...
What happens when someone rips off your song? The following is an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming music legal guide, The Future of the Music Business (3rd Edition) by industry attorney Steve Gordon (Hal Leonard 2011). Gordon (pictured below) is interviewing copyright attorney Robert Clarida. The book will be available for pre-order in April. In this ...
Embrace This? 23.8% of All Internet Traffic Involves "Digital Theft..."
Let's be honest. Can this really be embraced? According to the latest study, conducted by NBC Universal alongside Envisional, 23.8 percent of global internet traffic involves “digital theft." That is, trading via BitTorrent, cyberlockers, and unauthorized video streaming sites, among other channels. In the US, the figure drops to 17 percent. “Bottom line, according to this ...
Still? 100,000 P2P Lawsuits Filed in 2010...
The RIAA's legal crusade against file-swappers was called off in 2008. But despite a hideous legacy of consumer alienation andanger, other entertainment sectors love the concept. In fact, according to details published by Torrentfreak, nearly 100,000 P2P-related lawsuits have been filed over the past year in the US alone, primarily by the film industry. And, that ...
Piratebox: A DIY File-Sharing Network in a Lunchbox
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 ...
4 Ways Artists Can Make More from Publishing
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 ...
The Bloody War with Activist Pirates...
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 ...
To Err is Human, to Arr is Pirate - Court Forces Major Labels to Pay $45m in Copyright Violation Claims
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 ...
