RIAA Ramps Up Efforts to Remove Music Download Apps from Google Play
Google’s Play Store offers a vast library of millions of apps, in pretty much every category imaginable. Most of the…
Google’s Play Store offers a vast library of millions of apps, in pretty much every category imaginable. Most of the…
To address counterfeiting and piracy, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) invited submissions from the private sector detailing…
As the Internet Archive continues to deal with an adverse ruling in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by the world’s…
Historically, the domain name WHOIS system has been an important tool to track down the operators of pirate sites and…
With over 142k members, the ‘AI Hub’ Discord server is a thriving community that opens the door to lots of…
At the end of 2020, the operator of one of the largest YouTube rippers took the unprecedented step of taking…
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the availability of unlicensed music “remains an issue for the…
When the global music industry declared YouTube-ripping platforms public enemy number one and responsible for most music piracy online, the…
Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is…
More than a decade has passed since Kim Dotcom’s file-storage empire Megaupload collapsed after becoming the prime target in a…
Human beings have a tendency to want things they can’t have. A modest interest in a particular item or activity…
Last fall, several of the world’s largest music companies including Warner Bros. and Sony Music prevailed in their lawsuit against…
Operating a mixtape site is not without risk. By definition, mixes include multiple sound recordings that are often protected by…
YouTube’s terms and service prohibit users from downloading audio and video, but there are numerous ‘stream-ripping’ sites available on the…
In 2020, YouTube-ripper Yout.com sued the RIAA, asking a Connecticut district court to declare that the site does not violate…
There are plenty of options for copyright holders to frustrate the operations of pirate sites, but one of the most…
A quote attributed to former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill suggests that democracy is actually the worst form of government…
In 2020, YouTube-ripper Yout.com sued the RIAA, asking a Connecticut district court to declare that the site does not violate…
Two years ago, the RIAA caused outrage by taking down the open source YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl from GitHub. The RIAA…
In early January 2012, many operators of successful, public file-hosting sites were looking forward to another productive year. Over the…
Three years ago, several of the world’s largest music companies including Warner Bros. and Sony Music sued Internet provider Grande…
Popular stream-ripping site Yout.com has been targeted in lawsuits around the world. As a result, the service is now blocked…
Earlier this month, the RIAA shared its recommendations for the USTR’s annual review of overseas notorious markets. The music group…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a buzzword that’s frequently used by startups and established businesses in the tech industry. In some…
Downloading audio and video is prohibited by YouTube’s terms of service but there are numerous ‘stream-ripping’ sites available on the…
The music industry has had a difficult relationship with new technologies over the past several decades. Cassette tapes, recordable CDs,…
Internet providers are generally seen as neutral service providers but according to several record labels, some of these companies willingly…
Tackling online piracy is a complicated endeavor that often starts by identifying the operators of infringing sites and services. This…
Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” Until a few years…
Following a disastrous few years at the turn of the century where the major labels failed to accept the direction…
After more than two decades of declining fortunes, 2021 was a blockbuster year for global recorded music revenues. With a…
Last October, the RIAA secured a major victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com and their Russian…
Last October, the RIAA secured a major victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com, and their Russian…
In October 2020, the RIAA caused outrage by taking down YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl from GitHub. The RIAA cited the anti-circumvention…
Downloading audio and video is prohibited by YouTube’s terms of service but there are numerous ‘stream-ripping’ sites available on the…
Popular stream-ripping site Yout.com has fought legal disputes around the world, with mixed results. Most recently the site and its…
Most mainstream music is available on commercial services, for streaming or download, on the same date in dozens of countries…
Yout.com’s legal battle with the RIAA, which was instigated by the YouTube-ripping service in 2020, hasn’t been a straightforward affair….
Tackling online piracy is a complicated endeavor that often starts by identifying the operators of infringing sites and services. This…
Earier this month the RIAA secured a major victory in its piracy lawsuit against YouTube-rippers FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com and their…
Ten years ago, online streaming hadn’t fully caught on yet and Netflix still had dozens of active DVD-mailing locations throughout…
The major record labels believe that YouTube rippers are the most significant piracy threat on the Internet. These sites, which…
In 2020, the RIAA attempted to have YouTube-ripping tool youtube-dl removed from Github and in the wake of that, YouTube-ripping…
Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” In the past such…
Follow the RIAA’s attempt to have youtube-dl removed from Github, ripping service Yout carried out a preemptive legal strike against…
The status of YouTube as the most popular resource to stream free (or at least ad supported) music is a…
Two years ago Internet provider Cox Communications lost its legal battle against a group of major record labels. A Virginia…
Under US copyright law, Internet providers must terminate the accounts of repeat infringers “in appropriate circumstances.” In the past such…