Piracy Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

This hacker is accused of impersonating a producer to steal unreleased music

November 27, 2019November 26, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Piracy

A little social engineering can go a long way. From The Hollywood Reporter: “A 27-year-old Austin, Texas, man allegedly stole

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Some Canadian-registered music sites sites have landed on America’s sh*t list

October 3, 2019October 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Notorious Markets List, Piracy, RIAA

The US Government is putting together another Notorious Markets report, which names companies, websites, apps, and nations that it believes

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Music piracy: Amazingly, it’s not only still a problem but on the rise.

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Piracy, Stream Ripping

It looked for a while that streaming was on its way to obliterating the desire to pirate music. Why would

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Random music news for Saturday, June 1, 2019

June 1, 2019May 31, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, Ariana Grande, Audoo, Corey Taylor, Elton John, Piracy, Rod Stewart, Spice Girls, Tom Petty

June already. It would be nice if spring finally arrived in some parts of Canada. On to music news for

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Why is piracy still a thing? Wasn’t streaming supposed to stamp it out?

March 15, 2019March 14, 2019 Alan Cross 6 Comments Piracy

It’s never been easier or cheaper to get legal access to almost kind of media you want. Yet people continue

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Have you received an email demanding cash for alleged online piracy? Then read this.

January 28, 2019January 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright, Piracy

It’s a chilling sort of email. Someone from somewhere insists that you’ve violated copyright in some way (music, movies, other

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 12, 2018

December 12, 2018December 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Avicii, Baby It's Cold Outside, Courtney Love, Das Kapital, Def Leppard, Fake News, Freddie Mercury, Fyre Festival, Green Day, James Bond, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Justin Hawkins, McIntosh, Muse, Music sales, Piracy, Rami Malek, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Sam Lufti, Smashing Pumpkins, Sony, Spotify, Stereo Systems

One day, we’ll turn on the news and not hear anything about Donald Trump. One day… Meanwhile, here’s music news

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Why are people still bothering to steal music? Let’s investigate.

October 22, 2018October 22, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Piracy

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Back in the old days of overpriced CDs and peer-to-peer file-sharing,

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Random music news for Saturday, October 20, 2018

October 20, 2018October 19, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Audioburst, Avril Lavigne, Beastie Boys, Blink-182, Chad Kroeger, Drake, Elton John, Elvis, Foo Fighters, Guitar Heroes, Madonna, Netflix, Nine Inch Nails, Piracy, SiriusXM, Tom DeLonge, Trent Reznor

Snow tires. Gotta start about thinking of putting them on. We also need to think of music news for October

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beyonce, Bryan Adams, Country Music, Disturbed, Harmonica, India, Johnny Lydon, Music sales, Piracy, Roger Daltrey, Streams, Wilco, Winamp

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

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Random music news for Friday, October 12, 2018

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amy Winehouse, Apple Music, Billy McFarland, Brazil, David Bowie, Fyre Festival, Genius, Hologram, Jonathan Davis, Korn, Lord of the Rings, Lorde, Music Modernization Act, Piracy, Pirate Bay, Quality Magnet Coin, Roger Waters, U2

The first book in Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series was published on this day in 1979. And for

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