piracy

New stats from MUSO offer food for thought for the global music business

New PRS report shows explosion in stream-ripping activity in market in past three years

IFPI publishes Music Consumer Insight Report 2018 which analyses recorded music engagement across 20 of the world’s largest markets

Over 60m people a month used site

Hush Up The Silence is the follow-up to global smash One Dance

Muso data shows new form of piracy is growing at a rapid rate

Owner Philip Matesanz faces various counts of copyright infringement

BPI contributions cut by a million as staff costs grow by £1.3m

MUSO data shows popularity of Apple exclusive on torrenting sites

Rightscorp tells ISPs: play by the rules, or pay up

Search engines were responsible for 46% of traffic to illegal streaming sites last year

New EU stats come from EUIPO report

Collection society launches MAPS with the Publishers Association

But overall activity on piracy sites falls by 20%

Owner Andrew Sampson hit with heavy damages as site transfers to RIAA