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Why forcing ISPs to crack down on music copyright infringers' is a bad idea

  In a statement accompanying a study released today, the IFPI International Federation of the Phonographic Industry says that Internet Service Providers need to police their P2P swapping, copyright-infringing subscribers a whoppin' whole lot better than they are doing now. "Yet the spread of...

Tags: IFPI, P2P, Internet Service Provider, Music, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2008-01-24

Can ISPs police illegal P2P downloads?

A Belgium court ruled that ISPs have to take steps to thwart peer-to-peer networks and piracy. Good luck delivering on that one. The ruling could be significant since it sets a precedent in the European Union, but there are a few nuts and bolts to figure out on the technology...

Tags: Web Technology, Telecommunications, Hollywood on Demand, General

Blog posts 2007-07-05

IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.com

IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.comDavid you would probably be wrong to make that assumption>the fact that it's not shut down yet leads me to believe that the Russian authorities are not yet convinced of the site's illegalityI would do more CYA before suggesting that AllOfMP3.com is possibly legit.I...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, IFPI, AllofMP3.com, music, digital-rights management, Russian Law

Discussion threads 2005-09-29

IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.com

In response to the difficulties I've been having getting my $20,000 whole home audio/video setup to play the 99 cent songs I'm purchasing online, several readers wrote to me about a Russian outfit that they thought was legally selling digital music a la carte without wrapping the music in any...

Tags: AllofMP3.com

Blog posts 2005-09-29

Global sales of pirated music generated $4.5 bln in 2003

Street-corner peddlers of pirated compact discs sold more than 1 bln illegally copied CDs last year, turning a shady black-market trade into an estimated $4.5 bln industry, IFPI said Thursday. More than one out of every three music compact discs bought by consumers in 2003 was pirated, according to...

Tags: CD, music, IFPI

Blog posts 2004-07-22

IFPI: Global music market share

Before the BMG+Sony merger the global music market looked as follows:Universal 25.9%Sony 14.1%EMI 12.0%Warner 11.9%BMG 11.1%Others 25.0%

Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, IFPI

Blog posts 2003-11-06

Additional Resources

Good riddance: Digital music sales to surpass CDs in 2010?

Does anybody actually buy CDs these days? I don't mean going onto iTunes and buying an album. I'm talking about an actual plastic-case CD. An don't even get me started with vinyl albums. Apparently, digital music sales are doing so well that it's projected they will...

Tags: CD, Digital Music, Vinyl, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, Jennifer Bergen

Blog posts 2009-08-18

Pirate Bay defendant urges DDo$ attack on lawyer

Wow. Talk about revenge. The Pirate Bay cofounder Gottfrid Svartholm Warg anakata has devised an ingeniously evil plan to get back at the law firm that helped deliver the verdict again TPB. According to the Blog Pirate: The plan can be...

Tags: Asset, Payment, Law Firm, Attack, Litigation, Internet, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Association

Pirate Bay judge is member of Copyright Associationthat judge is a joke redo the whole processWith some one impartial and honest.This whole thing is farce is should be seen as is ...... there no legal ground when you judge is before its start already sold to one...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Pirate Bay, Copyright Association, RIAA

Discussion threads 2009-04-23

$3.7 bln of digital music sold in 2008

IFPI reported legal digital global sales in 2008 grew by an estimated 25% to $3.7 bln in trade value, to account for about 20% of the industry’s global recorded music sales, up from 15% in 2007. 95% of the music downloaded in 2008, or more than 40 bln files, was...

Tags: Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Digital Music, Sales, Personal Technology, AM

Blog posts 2009-01-16

Global digital music sales up 40% in 2007

Global digital sales grew by around 40% in 2007, IFPI said. Overall market is expected to be down around 10% for 2007. by AM

Tags: Digital Music, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales, AM

Blog posts 2008-01-24

Digital music was a $1.1 bln industry in 2005

Worldwide sales of music via the Internet and mobile phones hit $1.1 bln in 2005, triple of 2004 sales and accounting for 6% of global record company revenues. IFPI said music fans around the globe downloaded 420 mln single tracks in 2005, more than double the 156 mln downloaded in...

Tags: digital music

Blog posts 2006-01-19

31% of digital music spending comes from women

Spending on digital music by women increased 700%, IFPI reports. In 2004 men accounted for 96% of all spending on legal music downloads. But spending by females has soared to account for 31% of the market. Women 25-34 spend the most on digital music.

Tags: women, digital music

Blog posts 2005-10-18

Music buyers step-up downpayment on their own DRM noose

As I've already written several times before in our series on Digital Restrictions Management DRM, every time one of us buys another piece of DRMed content (eg: a song from iTunes), we are securing the legacy of the DRM cartel while giving it carte blanche to arbitrarily decide how we...

Tags: Digital Restrictions Management, digital music, digital-rights management

Blog posts 2005-10-04

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recurs

Judging by my email, the number of Talkbacks, and our traffic reports, my story about how my $20,000 worth of audiophile gear can't play the 99 cent songs that I buy la carte struck a chord with a lot of people. As more people turn into consumers of digital...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Computer Inc., digital-rights management, digital content, music, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

Blog posts 2005-09-27

Consumers in 6 European countries spent 21 bln euros on packaged home entertainment

A total of 21 bln euros was spent on packaged home entertainment products in the six major West European territories in 2004. This represents an increase of almost 3 bln euros from the equivalent figure in 2000 - market growth of 16%. In comparison, total spending on other key retail...

Tags: home entertainment

Blog posts 2005-08-03

Music market shares: Universal - 25.5%, Sony BMG - 21.5%, EMI - 13.4%, Warner Music - 11.3%

55% of the music sold in 2004 was bought by people older than 30 compared with 48% in 1999, according to the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry. Universal Music had 25.5% of the market, Sony BMG was second with 21.5%, EMI was third with 13.4%, Warner Music has 11.3%....

Tags: music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment

Blog posts 2005-08-02

Labels: One-third of CDs sold are pirated

Labels: One-third of CDs sold are piratedCause and EffectWonder if they factored in the effect of poor quality and price gauging while coming up with these numbers.I can't wait until music is sold direct from the band or singer to the fan. Bye Bye music labels. I would be more...

Tags: copy protection, CD

Discussion threads 2005-06-23

Worldwide legal music downloads were up 900% in 2004

BBC News provides some statistics on the state of online music market The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI said legal music downloads rose by 900% in 2004. Apple has an 87% share of the market for portable digital music players, NPD Group has reported. TNS found that illegal...

Tags: Digital music, Media players, Digital media, BBC News, music download

Blog posts 2005-04-25

Worldwide legal music downloads were up 900% in 2004

BBC News provides some statistics on the state of online music market The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry IFPI said legal music downloads rose by 900% in 2004. Apple has an 87% share of the market for portable digital music players, NPD Group has reported. TNS found that illegal...

Tags: Digital music, Media players, Digital media, BBC News, music download

Blog posts 2005-04-25