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Jay-Z’s ‘4:44’ goes platinum in less than a week

Sprint’s business boost soars Jay-Z past 1 million streams.

On by Christine Friar

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Why record labels are peeved with YouTube

RIAA CEO Cary Sherman explains what’s wrong with the DMCA.

On by Rae Votta

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DOJ shutters Sharebeast, the largest American music-sharing website

It’s the biggest piracy site takedown since Megaupload.

On by Josh Katzowitz

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Kim Dotcom’s extradition delayed until February

He can stay in that Mega masion for at least another seven months.

On by Kevin Collier

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Pandora sued for streaming Beatles songs, other oldies

Pre-1972 recordings aren’t protected by copyright, right?

On by Fran Berkman

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U.S. movie and music industries hit Kim Dotcom with lawsuits

And just after he launched a political party, too.

On by Kevin Collier

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Inside the confusing, contradictory world of Internet piracy studies

Why can’t researchers agree on whether piracy helps or hurts the media business?

On by Kevin Collier

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Copyright industry says harsh piracy laws are good for the economy

Want to save the economy? Stop downloading music.

On by Joe Kloc

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Google now receives twice as many copyright takedown requests as it did last year

And takedown requests are 38 times what they were in 2011.

On by Tim Sampson

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RIAA sends 25 million takedown notices, only makes piracy worse

The RIAA has ramped up its efforts to remove file sharing links from Google, in an effort that may be hopeless.

On by Miles Klee

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Kazaa defendant loses appeal, still owes $675,000 for pirating music

Joel Tenenbaum, a holdover from the age when record companies used to personally sue pirates for enormous sums of money, still has to cough up.

On by Kevin Collier

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The RIAA is tired of sending Google so many takedown notices

The RIAA wants certain repeat copyright offenders blacklisted, so it no longer has to send to notice to have Google block their sites.

On by Kevin Collier

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Supreme Court denies final appeal of $222,000 file-sharing fine

Jammie Thomas-Rasset won’t be able to appeal her $222,000 fine for sharing 24 copyrighted songs on a peer-to-peer network.

On by Kevin Collier

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Former RIAA vice president promoted to key government copyright job

The U.S. Copyright Office ties to Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) just got a lot stronger.

On by Kevin Collier

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New Zealand woman fined $616 for pirating Rihanna

The woman is the first to be fined for illegal downloading under New Zealand’s “Three Strikes” law.

On by Kevin Collier

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