Why is a pirated MP3 of Taylor Swift’s latest album located in Germany? Welcome to the latest trend in music piracy: Google Maps. It didn’t take a genius to figure out that Taylor Swift’s latest album would face increased piracy. Bu…
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Breaking: MP3juices Faces Worldwide Shutdown for Massive Copyright Infringement
If MP3juices and YTmp3 follow the same pattern as YouTube-mp3.org, expect these popular stream rippers to go down for good. Last month, the largest YouTube to MP3 stream ripper agreed to take the full blame for copyright infringement. The move came aft…
The Pirate Bay Just Defeated the Entire Nation of Sweden
Here’s what happened when the nation of Sweden tried to shut down thepiratebay.se. For years, international authorities have tried, and have utterly failed, to take down The Pirate Bay. In 2014, Swedish police raided the world’s most popular torr…
R.I.P. thepiratebay.se. The Pirate Bay’s Infamous Swedish Domain Is Officially Deactivated
One of the world’s most notorious domain names is now defunct. But don’t tell that to The Pirate Bay. It was one of the world’s most notorious domain names for years. And it all started in a haven of music piracy: Sweden. No longer….
Google Has Removed 3,004,747,844 Piracy Links from Search Results
Google has now received billions of takedown requests for infringing piracy links. Actually, 3 billion and counting. The battle against digital piracy always seems to be a losing one. Yet, in a seemingly uncelebrated milestone, Google has now receive…
If Cloudflare Can Block Neo-Nazi Sites, Why Can’t They Block Piracy Sites?
A damning tweet comes back to haunt Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. The deadly Charlottesville protests last August drew national attention on white supremacist and neo-Nazi culture in the United States. Following Digital Music News’ discovery of 37 whi…
These Are the Biggest Music Piracy Hubs In the World
With so many YouTube to MP3 stream rippers, MP3 download, and torrent sites freely available, will the music industry ever win the war against piracy? Last year, the US government published a list of the top MP3 download, YouTube to MP3, and torrent si…
Gene Simmons: Name One Superstar Artist Created After 1988
Superstars created between 1958-1988: Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, Madonna, Prince, Jackson, U2, AC/DC, Kiss. Superstars created after 1988: ___________________. Last week, KISS bassist Gene Simmons boldly declared that streaming and piracy had killed the next Beatles. But this is a lot more serious than Simmons first outlined. In fact, the modern music industry — or lack […]
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The Cali Cartel Threatens to Murder Illegal Downloaders
Thought piracy was dead? Not for television, and not for Netflix. Here’s one downside to paid-only platforms: rampant piracy. That’s right: even at a $9.99 monthly rate, people will heavily torrent. That was the case for Game of Thrones, and it’s the case of popular Netflix series like Narcos. The smash series, which chronicles the […]
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Why Is the LA Phil Advertising on Youtube-mp3.org?
Yesterday, YouTube-mp3.org agreed to a voluntary shutdown. Today, the LA Phil is advertising on its site. I know — I don’t understand internet advertising. And you’re going to explain it to me. You see, the LA Phil probably doesn’t even know they’re advertising on youtube-mp3.org. They’re canvassing across a wide swath of different sites likely to […]
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