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YouTube has announced that it will update its manual Content-ID claiming policy. Starting next month, rightsholders are forbidden from manually claiming videos that use short or unintentional music fragments. Those who repeatedly violate this new policy will have their manual claiming rights revoked. With the new policy, YouTube hopes to improve fairness in the creator […]
In the ongoing piracy liability case between Cox and several music companies, the ISP recently agreed to engage in settlement discussions. However, two days before the hearing was set to take place, the ISP decided to cancel, noting that it didn’t think the meeting would be productive. This last-minute cancellation, together with other objectionable actions, […]
In a letter to the US Department of Commerce, the RIAA is calling for stronger measures to curb piracy and counterfeiting that takes place through online marketplaces. The music group points out that copyright infringement is widespread on many services, including Amazon and eBay, where a significant percentage of the CDs and box-sets are sold […]
A resilient music search engine that’s been operating for around nine years has given a very unusual reason for its system breaking down. According to the operator of Slider.kz, recent legal changes in Kazakhstan, where the site is hosted, means the government there now intercepts HTTPS traffic. Over the years, dozens of ‘pirate’ sites have […]
Traffic to pirate sites is dropping significantly in Italy, new data suggest. This trend is in part the result of local site blocking efforts. While piracy is becoming less of an issue, Italian music industry group FIMI signals problems of another order. This includes the challenge to convert free YouTube and Spotify users into paying […]
Apple needs to do more to prevent unauthorized apps that deliver music to users in unlicensed ways appearing on its App Store. That’s the demand from the Recording Industry Association of Japan and several other industry groups in a communication sent to Apple recently. The popularity of smartphones and their accompanying software ecosystems have given […]
A group of major music outfits say that Charter Communications profited from ignoring pirating subscribers. The companies, including Capitol Records, Warner Bros. and Sony Music, counter the ISP’s motion to dismiss their vicarious liability claim, which is part of an ongoing lawsuit, and hope the court will agree. In March several major music companies sued […]
The music industry has booked another victory in its efforts to shutter YouTube converter sites, also known as stream-rippers. Following legal action in Germany, Convert2MP3 has signed a settlement agreement with music groups IFPI and BVMI. The site will shut down immediately and pay an undisclosed amount as financial compensation. The music industry views stream-ripping […]
File-hosting service DBR.ee, which was frequently used to share leaked music, has been shut down by several music industry groups. The domain now redirects to a public advisory instead. The shutdown follows an RIAA request to Cloudflare requiring it to unmask the operator and coincides with downtime issues at other targeted sites. While movies and […]
Award-winning photographer Allan Tennanbaum has filed a copyright infringement complaint against Universal Music in New York. Known for his iconic images of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, the photographer says that Universal used his work without permission on one of its websites. He is demanding up to $150,000 in damages. As part of the RIAA, […]