Twitch will strike up a partnership with independent digital music licensing group Merlin, marking the Amazon-owned livestreaming platform’s latest effort to get cozy with the recording industry
GitHub has restored the code of a project that the RIAA demanded it take down last month after finding that the group’s DMCA complaint was meritless. YouTube-dl, a tool that lets videos from the
In ye olden days of piracy, RIAA takedown notices were a common thing — I received a few myself. But that’s mostly fallen off as tracking pirates has gotten more difficult. But the RIAA can st
With touring ground to a halt for the foreseeable future, 2020 has become the most difficult year for musicians in recent memory. One’s ability to survive on music depends on a variety of factors, o
Streaming music services’ share of total music revenues is bigger than ever. According to a year-end report from the RIAA, revenues from streaming services grew nearly 20% in 2019 to $8.8 billion, a
Streaming music subscriptions continue to drive the U.S. music industry’s growth and revenues, according to a new report from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) released this w
Kanye West’s last album has just made streaming history. The Life of Pablo, released a little over a year ago, just went Platinum with over 1.5 billion song streams in the U.S. While popular alb
RIAA's budget comes from music labels and distributors because it represents the interests of the music industry. Therefore, it depends on their willingness. TorrentFreak obtained <a target="_blank" h
Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/person/cary-sherman">Cary Sherman</a>, the RIAA's CEO, wrote a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/opinion/what-wikipedia-wont-tell-you.ht
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ufcneu1.jpg" />NeuLion announced a deal a few days ago to bring “a brand new service for <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/ufc/">U
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/dmcatakedown.png" />Man, they're still fighting, aren't they? ChillingEffects' stats, by way of TorrentFreak, reveal that the “internat
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/limewiredead.jpg" />The <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/riaa/">RIAA</a>, still fighting the good fight. LimeWire as you knew it <a
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/adiosmp3.jpg" /><a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/tag/apple/">Apple</a> has posted a cryptic message on its Web site, <a HREF="http://ww
<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/screen-shot-2010-09-19-at-11-53-42-am.png" alt="" />In an offense called <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/4chan-to-ddos-riaa-next-is-this-the
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/inrainbowss.jpg" />Famous rock band Radiohead <a HREF="http://www.crunchgear.com/2007/10/01/new-radiohead-album-costs-whatever-you-want-i
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/chinesedemocracy.jpg">Famous rock band Guns N' Roses released their latest album, Chinese Democracy, in November, 2008. It had been in de
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/thomyorke.jpg" />"It will be only a matter of time—months rather than years—before the music business establishment completel
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/puppyriaa.jpg" />There really isn't any particular point to the following story other than to get you riled up as your begin your weekend
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/irony.jpg" />Oh dear, oh <em>dear</em>. How utterly delightful! It seems that the major members of the Canadian Recording Industry Associ
<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/bannnnnne.jpg" />It has come to my attention that the music industry now wants royalties for those 30-second clips of music you hear in i
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