“It suggests, falsely, that ideas are property and that building on others’ ideas always requires permission. The overriding message of this curriculum is that students’ time should be consumed not in creating but in worrying about their impact on corporate profits.”
“Artists who have their music on Spotify see significantly less piracy — and as a result actually more record sales — than artists who don’t distribute their music over the service.”
“The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) says delays to the Digital Economy Act mean levels of piracy are still high. It says the UK lags behind France, where anti-piracy laws have apparently led to a 26% drop in illegal downloads. However, 28% of all internet users still access unlicensed sites that contain copyrighted … Continue reading “Music Industry Lashes Out At UK For Lack Of Progress On Anti-Piracy Laws”
“We’ve got markets like Spain and Italy, where [people say] ‘You buy music? What are you doing buying music when you can get it for free?’ Clearly those markets are in the situation where, unless we can turn those markets around, we’re going to have a major problem having a music business there.”
“In a market that is “rigged by piracy” it is non-English language music which suffers the most when the music industry tightens its belt.”
“The first such gathering ever held, it included cabinet secretaries, the government’s ‘copyright czar’ Victoria Espinel, as well as studio chiefs, media lobbyists, union leaders and legal experts.” The vice president “said he continues to raise the issue of copyright theft and its impact on economies with every foreign leader he meets.”
The Featured Artists’ Coalition, the Music Producers Guild and the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors have come out “against UK government proposals to kick file-sharers off the internet. Persistent file-sharers could have their internet accounts suspended in an attempt to crack down on piracy.”
Some big recording companies are protecting their CD’s from being copied or locking the format so they can’t be transfered to an iPod. “But these decisions aren’t sitting well with some of the artists whose CDs have been secured. A number of leading acts are using their Web sites to instruct fans on how to … Continue reading “Twist: Musicians Tell Fans How To Beat Their Record Company’s Piracy Measures”
The head of the Recording Association of America says online piracy is killing the music business. “He told a conference in London that a 31% decline in music sales between 1999 and 2002 was primarily due to piracy. ‘More music is being consumed than at any time in history, it’s just that less of it … Continue reading “RIAA Head: Piracy “Killing” Music Biz”
Jay Berman, head of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), tells a conference in Cannes that “all jobs in the European music industry could be in jeopardy if record executives do not tackle the problems of music piracy. That’s 600,000 jobs, he said. “In truth, online music piracy is not about free music. … Continue reading “Music Jobs At Risk If Piracy Isn’t Solved, Says Official”
