“Piracy is putting pressure on antiquated business models, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. But the prevalence of piracy shows that people are growing up in a culture of free, and that is not good for the future of entertainment, either.”
Philip Pullman: “Authors and musicians work in poverty and obscurity for years to bring their work to the level ‘that gives delight to their audiences, and as soon as they achieve that, the possibility of making a living from it is taken away from them.’”
A lot of “50 Shades” dominate..
“In a draft code published today by [OFCOM], internet service providers would be required to send letters to customers informing them when their account has been connected with reports of suspected online copyright infringement.” Any customer who receives three such letters risks having his/her information turned over to copyright holders for possible legal action.
“Licensing deals signal a new era of cooperation between Internet music services and record labels and artists agencies, who, in most cases, no longer view sites like Pandora as a threat to the bottom line.”
The unions released a statement decrying “Illegal downloading and streaming of the content made by our members” and stating that those practices “pose a devastating threat to the future of the hundreds of thousands of working men and women who make up the American entertainment industry.”
“The international music trade group IFPI has found a way to shut down, it hopes, piratical iTunes-style websites operating in countries like Russia and the Ukraine–it wants to curtail their ability to accept major credit cards.”
“Nicolas Sarkozy’s war on illegal downloading has begun in earnest, with the state internet surveillance body dubbed “Big Brother” warning more than 100,000 French internet-users that they have been caught accessing pirate material.”
“Its latest report suggests more than 1.2bn tracks were pirated or shared, costing the industry £219m. Geoff Taylor, of the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), said illegal downloading was becoming a ‘parasite’.”
“Sweden, long considered one of the world’s most welcoming havens for digital piracy, is now showing signs of turning back toward legal, licensed music, both online and in stores. Music sales in Sweden rose 10.2 percent last year, according to the recording companies’ international trade group, even as they fell by nearly 10 percent worldwide, … Continue reading “Has Sweden Turned The Corner On Illegal Music Downloading?”
