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Piracy

Music Industry 

The government of Belarus makes music piracy legal. Sort of.

January 10, 2023January 10, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus, Piracy, Putin, Sanctions, Ukraine

Belarus, the Russia-adjacent country run by Putin’s buddy Alexander Lukashenko, has made it legal to steal music. Actually, the new

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, November 3, 2022

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Beatles, Elton John, Facebook, Grateful Dead, Lyrics, Mariah Carey, Metaverse, Michael Jackson, Piracy, Spotify, Tammy Faye Bakker, Tidal

Anyone else find it disturbing that scientists can’t figure out how AI works? What could possibly go wrong? Ponder that

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The state of music piracy in 1897

July 19, 2022July 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music, New York Times, Ongoing History, Piracy

Music piracy still exists, but it isn’t the problem that it used to be. But let me quote this: ‘Canadian

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Random music news for Saturday, February 19, 2022

February 19, 2022February 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Counterfeiting, Dallas Good, Drake, Heavy Young Heathens, Iron Maien, Justin Bieber, Miles Davids, Music Therapy, Piracy, Sadies, Super Bowl

Need someone to flirt with you? Try this AI voice actor. Sliding over to music news for February 19, 2022…

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Random music news for Friday, December 18, 2020

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments As I Lay Dying, Bugatti, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, Live Music, Matador, Mick Jagger, Netflix, Paul McCartney, Piracy, Ramones, RIAA, Ringo Starr, Speakers, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tim Lambesis

One week until Christmas. Feeling it yet? Maybe some music news for December 18, 2020, will help. Imagine a Spotify

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Music News 

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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Music Industry 

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 Industry 

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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Music News 

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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Music Industry 

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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Music News 

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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