RIAA takes swift action against HitPiece and warns any potential copycats to reconsider
Rarely does anything within the music industry move fast. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, has a fire
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Random music news for Friday, December 18, 2020
One week until Christmas. Feeling it yet? Maybe some music news for December 18, 2020, will help. Imagine a Spotify
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Some Canadian-registered music sites sites have landed on America’s sh*t list
The US Government is putting together another Notorious Markets report, which names companies, websites, apps, and nations that it believes
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Random music news for Monday, January 14, 2019
On this day in 1986, the first-ever PC virus. (c)Brain, was released into the wild. As for music news on
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The biggest-selling album in America is Michael Jackson’s Thriller, right? Not anymore.
There’s a certain amount of voodoo that goes into determining the biggest-selling album of all time. Since 1991, all physical
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Music Piracy is Alive and Well According to the Annual RIAA “Notorious Markets” Report
The Recording Industry of America has released its latest “notorious markets” report, its view of where music piracy continues. “Stream
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Popular YouTube Stream-Ripping Site Shut Down
If you rip YouTube streams to MP3, you probably know about (and maybe have used) YouTube-MP.org. The site is insanely
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller Now Certified 33X Platinum
When Thriller appeared in stores on November 30, 1982, no one doubted that Michael Jackson had another hit record. But
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Weird ISP Piracy Case Gets Support from RIAA, MPAA
A federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated
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Even Lawyers Make Predictions: Music Laws to Watch in 2017
‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016
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58 Years Ago Today, the First Modern Gold Record Was Awarded
The first time a record company thought about marking a sales milestone was in 1942 when RCA gave Glenn Miller
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