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RIAA takes swift action against HitPiece and warns any potential copycats to reconsider

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Copyright, Fraud, HitPiece, intellecutal property, iTunes, NFT, Recording Industry Association of America, RIAA, Scam, Spotify, Theft

Rarely does anything within the music industry move fast. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), however, has a fire

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Music News 

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 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 News 

Random music news for Monday, January 14, 2019

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Lambert, Apple, Bohemian Rhapsody, Jimmy Page, Mike Patton, Radio, RCA, Record Labels, RIAA, Robbie Williams, Spotify, United Airlines

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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Music Industry 

The biggest-selling album in America is Michael Jackson’s Thriller, right? Not anymore.

August 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eagles, Michael Jackson, RIAA, Thriller

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 Industry 

Music Piracy is Alive and Well According to the Annual RIAA “Notorious Markets” Report

October 10, 2017October 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments China, Piracy, RIAA, Russia, Stream Ripping

The Recording Industry of America has released its latest “notorious markets” report, its view of where music piracy continues. “Stream

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Music Industry 

Popular YouTube Stream-Ripping Site Shut Down

September 5, 2017February 6, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments RIAA, Stream Ripping, YouTube, YouTube-MP3.org

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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Music History Music News 

Michael Jackson’s Thriller Now Certified 33X Platinum

February 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Michael Jackson, RIAA, Thriller

When Thriller appeared in stores on November 30, 1982, no one doubted that Michael Jackson had another hit record. But

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Music News 

Weird ISP Piracy Case Gets Support from RIAA, MPAA

January 10, 2017January 10, 2017 Amber Healy 1 Comment BitTorrent, BMG, Copyright, Cox Communication, DMCA, Infringement, MPAA, RIAA, Windstream

A federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated

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Music Industry 

Even Lawyers Make Predictions: Music Laws to Watch in 2017

December 30, 2016December 29, 2016 Amber Healy 0 Comments ASCAP, BMI, Capitol Records, consent decrees, DMCA, Lawsuits, Net Neutrality, RIAA, The Slants, Trump, Vimeo

‘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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Music History 

58 Years Ago Today, the First Modern Gold Record Was Awarded

March 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments First Gold Record, Perry Como, RIAA

The first time a record company thought about marking a sales milestone was in 1942 when RCA gave Glenn Miller

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