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3rd November 2016

Indie Landfill: Fake Or Fortunate?

Staying in the physical realm, “Greatest-hits” albums were also this week reported to be most likely fake, according to a recent study conducted by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with as many as 28 of the 36 greatest-hits collections...

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8th September 2016

Pirates Sail On Frank’s Ocean

In news that will surprise exactly no one following the pattern of exclusives on streaming platforms,Frank Ocean’s second LP ‘Blonde’ has hit the top of the piracy charts. According to Music Business Worldwide, the widely acclaimed album has been...

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22nd July 2015

Pirates Courting Longer Sentences

The Government has published a consultation on increasing the penalties for large-scale music pirates and others who infringe the rights of copyright holders for financial gain. Changes could be introduced that would bring maximum sentences for online copyright infringement...

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8th April 2015

The Gen Take on Tidal

With the dust settled on the Tidal press conference, The Gen aims for some perspective, exploring a few inconvenient truths about streaming. If you have any interest in the music industry whatsoever, you’ll be aware that Jay Z re-launched...

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8th April 2015

No Safe Harbour

Outgoing MP Mike Weatherley (pictured), who also recently stepped down from his post as Intellectual Property (IP) advisor to the Prime Minster has published a final paper on IP issues, with the focus on ‘safe harbour’ clauses. The purpose...

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14th January 2015

Google: The 345 Million Question

Google were reportedly asked to remove over 345 million copyright infringing links from its search engine in 2014, a 75% increase on 2013. As reported here by the ever-reliable Torrentfreak (who also did the back of a fag packet maths...

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17th December 2014

Pirate Bay Docked

Prominent file sharing site The Pirate Bay has been taken off-line following a Police raid in Nacka, Stockholm. As opposed to a dawn swoop on a Dotcom mansion, this time authorities reportedly targeted a data center built into the...

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19th November 2014

Personal Jesus Pirates Jailed

Two people who maintained and illegally distributed music prior to official release on file sharing site Dancing Jesus have been condemned to four years and five months in prison. The pair were sentenced at Newcastle Crown Court last week,...

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22nd October 2014

Google: Rank and File

Google has allegedly (i.e. according to them) made a further commitment to downgrade piracy sites in search engine results based on takedown notices issued under America’s Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The announcement was made alongside the publication of a...

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