
How Innovation Can Sink The (Music) Pirate Ship
With many traditional revenue sources for musicians upended by the pandemic, now is the perfect time to look at new revenue streams as well as to tackle stream ripping and. Continue reading

Digital Piracy Explodes During COVID Lockdown
A new study from UK based MUSO shows an unprecedented explosion in digital piracy during the coronavirus lockdown Film was the focus of most of MUSO’s research, but music is. Continue reading

Alleged Music Pirate Also Stole Dozens Of Hypebot Articles
RikiMusic is pirating dozens of articles from Hypebot as well as allegedly uploading tracks from indie artists to Spotify and Amazon Music without authorization. Last week, Brett Basil of the. Continue reading
This Week In Music Commentary
Commentators inside the music business this week gave voice to their opinions on why blockchain won't be saving the music industry any time soon, how publishers are driving the full. Continue reading
How To Chase Pirates, Protect Your Music and Win!
Jason Tucker from Intellectual Property HQ joins Micahel Brandvold on this week's Music Biz Weekly podcast. The company is one of the largest managers of registered copyrights in the world. Continue reading
Music Piracy Up 13% In The Us Last Year, Stream-Ripping To Blame.
While many thought that the rise of streaming had brought about an end to music piracy, a new report reveals this is far from the case. In fact, it appears. Continue reading
Music Leaker DBR.ee Shut Down By Industry Trade Groups
File-hosting service DBR.ee has been shut down by a consortium of thee music industry trade groups. The site has often been used to share leaked music from Big Artists and. Continue reading
Musicians Need To Rethink Their Struggle With Piracy
By freelance music writer Tyler Hayes (@thealbumproject). Talking about music piracy has become an exercise in self deprecation, an emotional argument that never seems to end. I understand that music. Continue reading
The Civil Wars On Piracy As Marketing
The Civil Wars have previously discussed marketing with free music and the importance of fans sharing the duo's music with their friends. However, I had not heard their take on. Continue reading