The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has found the reselling of ‘used’ digital music illegal. In a ruling handed down on 12th December 2018 it rejected an appeal by Redigi who had created a platform for the resale of legally purchased music files and reaffirmed the original judgement in favour of Capitol Records LLC who had won a $3.5 million settlement in a New York City federal court in 2013. The ruling […]
Streaming in Australia grew by 35% during the first half of 2018 according to ARIA, the Australian Recording Industry Association. Australia’s music sales jumped 6% in the first half of 2018 continuing to show the market’s return to growth for a fourth year running. In 2017, Australia’s music industry recorded its highest annual growth in over 20 years, with recorded music industry tracking a 10.5% increase in value to A$391 million. For the first half of 2018 total […]
Spotify raises its download limit for offline listening from 3,333 songs on three devices to 10,000 songs on up to five devices. With a potential to store up to 50,000 songs this would give you over 100 solid days of offline listening. It would have to be a hellava wilderness trip to be out of internet access for longer than that and run out of music! How to download songs in Spotify for a desktop […]
Deep House legend Kerri Chandler has made 43 of his vinyl only tracks available for free as a surprise gift to his fans. He made the offer in Facebook post here. The 2 GB download is a mixture of MP3 and WAV files of some of his earlier vinyl only releases. Including tracks like ‘Get It Off’ and ‘Mommy What’s A Record’, this is an essential download for anyone into the pivotal sound of New […]
Sony Music Entertainment releases Prince legacy recordings and a new anthology in digital formats which are available for streaming and download. Scheduled to be the first of many, Sony have made available 23 back catalogue titles (including rare and out-of-print recordings) plus a newly curated 37 track compilation – Prince Anthology: 1995-2010. The first wave of Prince back catalogue titles focuses on 1995-2010, a crucial time in Prince’s history and adds more than 300 essential Prince […]
A survey has shown that Australians are consuming more online content since 2015, streaming more and downloading less, according to the Australian Government Department of Communication and Arts. The survey also revealed that there has been an increase in the consumption of lawful content across music, movies, video games and TV programmes collectively. The Consumer survey on online copyright infringement 2018 surveyed 2453 consumers aged 12+ and found that Australians are willing to pay more […]
Fewer Britons are illegally downloading music according to a recent YouGov poll. YouGov’s Music Report reveals that one in ten Britons (10%) download music illegally, down from 18% five years ago. This number looks set to decrease. While 63% of those that illegally download music expect to still be doing so in five years, 22% do not. Added to this, 36% say that using unverified sources to access music is becoming more difficult. This decrease […]
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