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Piracy
Strike Three! Copyright Alert System’s Out of Here!
So, as the Copyright Alert System goes to rest, will the MPAA and RIAA stop hounding users? Not likely. In good news for piracy users and willfull copyright infringers, the Copyright Alert System (or …
Piracy FAQs site launched as ISPs prepare to send out ‘educational emails’ to infringers
As British internet service providers prepare to finally start sending out warning letters to customers that the entertainment industries reckon are accessing content from unlicensed sources, a freque…
How to Keep Your Music Safe from Hackers
You've spent hours writing, recording, producing and finally releasing your music onto the web, only to discover it's been hacked and distributed freely through multiple digital outlets. It can be so …
39% of Americans Don’t Care That Piracy Hurts Content Creators…
Despite the entertainment industry’s best efforts, most consumers just don’t really care about piracy problems. Piracy costs artists and content creators millions of dollars in revenue. Yet, a new stu…
UK Government Launches Its Latest Campaign Against Online Piracy
The government’s latest campaign against online piracy will begin today (17 Jan) in the most British way possible – with hundreds of politely worded letters. BT, Virgin Media, Sky and TalkTalk are sen…
How Music Piracy Is Completely Changing In 2016
Earlier this year, research group MusicWatch shared data with Digital Music News that showed 53 million Americans actively pirating music content. But even more shocking was how they were doing it: in…
How Online Piracy Hurts Emerging Artists
If you download or stream from pirate sites, think twice. Piracy hurts emerging artists as much as established artists, but the relative damage could be worse. If you are insensitive to stealing from …
No need to pay? The impact of piracy on the music industry
Music piracy is a conceptually abstract and intangible phenomenon that is considered to be the main enemy of the global music industry. However, this practice is not condemned unanimously by all parti…
Symphonic’s Updates from Our CEO
Hey everyone, it is Jorge Brea here, Founder & President of Symphonic. In addition to our tech team updating on a frequent basis, I too am going to start to update you a bit more on the going ons …