Record labels ask broadband providers to collect data on illegal downloads. Broadband providers are being asked to create a database of customers illegally downloading music, films and books, which could be used to disconnect or prosecute persistent offenders.
Measures to combat digital piracy will be among the topics discussed at a Downing Street breakfast on 12 September, when record-label bosses and their trade association, the BPI, have been invited to meet David Cameron. BT, Virgin Media, BSkyB and TalkTalk are being asked by music and film companies to sign up to a voluntary code for policing illegal downloading. Negotiations have been under way for months with the BPI and the British Video Association, whose members include the BBC and Hollywood studios. Between November 2012 and January this year, 280m music tracks were digitally pirated in the UK, along with 52m television shows, 29m films, 18m ebooks and 7m computer software or games files.
News: The Pirate Bay. World's biggest filesharing site could be sunk in UK waters within months THE PIRATE Bay could be blocked by UK internet service providers within a matter of months, according to a high court ruling this week.
In a case brought by a consortium of major labels including Sony, EMI and Warner, Mr Justice Arnold ruled that the website — which currently boasts some 3.7m British users and is a key target in the ongoing clampdown on piracy — was guilty of ‘actively encouraging’ copyright infringement, paving the way for the music biz to seek a nationwide ISP blockade of the site. The case follows a landmark ruling in October last year that ordered service providers BT to block access to filesharing site Newzbin2.
Mr Justice Arnold said operators of The Pirate Bay have the power to prevent copyright infringement and noted that the site is prepared to remove torrents if they are mislabelled, child porn, malware or spam. “It is no defense that they openly defy the rights of the copyright owners. New survey finds that file sharers buy 30% more music. January 22, 2013 22:41 8 out of 10 US citizens also think it's alright to share copyrighted content with family A new survey by the American Assembly - a research centre at Columbia University – via Ars Technica, has found that users of peer-to-peer file sharing software buy 30% more music than those who don't file share.
The survey, which was commissioned by Google, found that the average US citizen on a peer-to-peer network has 2,000 songs in their library, of which approximately 38% have been legitimately bought. Digital music library owners not on a peer-to-peer network have an average collection of 1,300 songs and of these 45% were legally acquired, whilst others were ripped from CDs or copied. So even though a larger percentage of music from the non-peer-to-peer users' collections was purchased legally, a greater amount of music overall is purchased by peer-to-peer users. 13% of US citizens use file sharing software. U2 Manager Paul McGuinness On Spotify, Piracy & Tech: His Five Best @MIDEM Quotes.
Lightning Rod: U2 manager Paul McGuinness (right), pictured next to entertainment lawyer Pierre-Marie Bouvery, made his first speaking appearance at MIDEM since his famous rant against ISPs in 2008.
(Photo: Andrew Hampp) The last time U2 manager Paul McGuinness spoke at MIDEM, he sparked a global debate about how internet-service providers should be playing a more involved role in piracy solutions. For his first formal MIDEM appearance in four years, McGuinness spoke at length about his current thoughts about the role of ISPs and companies like Google in the piracy debate, the progress (or lack thereof) of SOPA and why services like Spotify haven't quite replaced the importance of radio when it comes to debuting his clients' music. Billboard's Midem 2012 Blog McGuinness on piracy: There's always been a lot of inconsistency and hypocrisy in this area as the debate takes place.
Kim Dotcom - Megaupload Song HD. RIP A Remix Manifesto (HD) FULL. RIP! A Remix Manifesto. Rob Reid: The $8 billion iPod. Music And Piracy Infographic by *curseofthemoon on deviantART. What Impact Has Mobile Had On The Music Industry? [INFOGRAPHIC]