Dir of Insight + Analysis at IFPI. Analysing music, habits, piracy, data, etc. All views here mine, disclaimers, caveats, etc. LSE, Cambridge, NetNames, IFPI.
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pre order my newest album, 5 to the Eye with Stars, listen to the first single, cop a vinyl, etc.
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#Xunlei SEC filing: 142m users of 'Xunlei Accelerator'; 4.6m VIP subscribers; index of over 5.8bn digital files. Big numbers.
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Chinese streaming service QVOD could be facing a 260m yuan fine for video piracy news.hsw.cn/system/2014/05/2…
Xunlei gets $300m funding w/out IPO. Still in an odd position: KanKan is legit but just how much revenue does the download / bt client make?
Moviebox / Showbox: Popcorn Time for mobile. Except they got there first. VK again the ultimate source for infringement.
Quarter of a million downloads of latest version of @Moviebox_app for iOS in just over one month.
Just like with the Silk Road takedown / Ulbricht arrest, it was mistakes outside Tor that led to arrests.
Attention of rightsholders passed from YouTube to Google results. Key ruling: judge who said YT would have won even *without* ContentID.
Popcorn Time has been forked (no surprise there given the github hosting). Works as it did but rather more complicated to get hold of.
ECJ explains proportionality in site blocking - down to the national courts to decide... futureofcopyright.com/home/b…
Miyamoto: #piracy a bigger issue for #Nintendo than faff over used games computerandvideogames.com/41… Also still no Wii U crack.
Nice quick summary of the streaming media world right now. streamingmedia.com/Articles/…
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This week on @surprisinglyf :: @jjkaraganis on public attitudes toward piracy: bit.ly/Z6wsR9
Fascinating first-hand account of streaming music royalties. thecynicalmusician.com/2013/…
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A first look at the new graduated response Copyright Alerts system arstechnica.com/tech-policy/…