YouTube vs. the Music Industry.
The article discusses why several bands, musicians, and singers such as Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Kings of Leon are frustrated with the YouTube video sharing service, and it mentions how various music artists signed an open letter to the U.S. Congress asking the legislators to reform the law that allows the YouTube LLC video sharing firm to host unauthorized music videos. The U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act and video recording-related copyright piracy claims are assessed.
Pay Artists, Not 'Owners'
So far as one can tell from their recent behavior, the recording companies believe that the survival of civilization depends on terrorizing 12-year-olds.
The Money-Go-Round: Musicians, Big Tech, and Piracy
Topics discussed include threat of piracy of the music available online, launching of the Copyright Alert System with the major Internet Service Providers (ISP) for solving piracy issue by the American Federation of Musicians (AFM), and protection of the copyrights and performance rights.
How to Save the Music Business
The article discusses the damage that Internet piracy has done to the recording industry. The benefits of illegal music downloading for Internet service providers are reviewed. The author feels that the concept of free content has become widely accepted due to the efforts of telecommunications industries who stand to profit from the practice. Solutions to the problem are suggested, including stringent billing for subscription services.
Madonna Makes a Play for Pirates
The article focuses on the move of software company BitTorrent Inc. on partnering with musicians and record labels to address issues about piracy. It discusses the distribution of the company to the short film "secret project revolution," directed by Madonna, the significance of the model, free music and software of the company as gateway for artists to offer downloaders concert tickets or merchandise, and the hope of BitTorrent that the music industry will embrace its legitimate side.
Where Are The Artists' Voices?
Our business is in deep trouble. Generation Y is more than 60% bigger than Generation X, and its members want to consume more music. But 95% of all songs downloaded are copied illegally, according to the IFPI. In the past decade, that has cost us $10 billion in revenue.
Under the influence
For years, the debate over the Internet's impact on the music industry has centered on piracy, which has put a sizable dent in the wallets of artists and labels alike. But Duran Duran bassist John Taylor recently shifted the discussion to a new area, arguing that the Web is hurting artistic creativity.
