If you were listening to Radio 4’s Today programme this morning you might have heard the BPI’s Geoff Taylor discussing the Digital Economy Bill with David Babbs from the campaign organisation 38 Degrees. Of course, Geoff and the BPI are in favour of the Bill, which we have staunchly opposed. So we were surprised [...]
A computer programmer who ran one of the world’s biggest pirate music websites from his bedroom was cleared of defrauding thousands of pounds from artists yesterday, writes Murray Wardrop for the Telegraph. Alan Ellis, 26, was accused of “ripping off” record labels and musicians on a “large scale” by running Oink, a music file sharing website [...]
Levels of online music piracy have remained unchanged in spite of the rise of legal digital services and the threat of tougher sanctions against downloaders, a music industry survey has found, reports Tim Bradshaw. Research by Harris Interactive for the BPI, which represents record labels in the UK, found that 23 per cent of consumers [...]
