Piracy Archives - A Journal of Musical Things

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Dawn of Digital Sports Journalism at The Globe & Mail and Yahoo Canada – Steve McAllister in Conversation with TBP Podcast ep 005 September 4, 2020
Ask any Canadian sports journalist who they consider one the nicest and forward-thinking minds behind the rise of digital, and chances are they would say, Steve McAllister. As one of the most accomplished and highly regarded leaders in sports journalism over the last 20 years, Steve has provided the mentorship and launchpad for too many […]
Andrew Dick
Behind the desk of Global and CTV News – Kevin Newman in conversation with TBP podcast ep 004 August 18, 2020
Kevin’s award-winning career has spanned four decades, covering the biggest stories from the four corners of the earth and those most important to Canadians. While he’s a household name for his on-camera presence, as you will learn in this episode, Kevin Newman is also an innovator whose energy is fueled by the same startup drive […]
Mark Silver
At the top of the sponsorship world – Sam Galet in conversation with TBP podcast ep 003 August 5, 2020
Sam Galet is one of the sponsorship industry’s most successful connectors. Over his 20+ year career, he has been directly involved in leading a number of massive sports, entertainment and lifestyle sponsorships, endorsements and naming rights deals. From an early age, Sam knew what he wanted to achieve in his career and he set his […]
Mark Silver