Film
Oscars: Roma and other nominees gaining plenty of pirate attention
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Article/ Press Release
Tracking stream ripper demand with MUSO Discover
MUSO’s new ‘Piracy by Industry’ Dashboard allows for comparison of trends month-on-month. For example, when comparing June to July of 2018 we can see a 4.72 per cent increase in global piracy. However, what’s even more interesting is the ability to break down the data by...
Article/ Music
YouTube Launches YouTube Music: a piracy fighter?
Another week, another streaming service launched. The most recent entry into the mix is Google’s YouTube, which has announced a music streaming service offering both videos and audio tracks for $9.99 month, as well as a free ad-supported option – YouTube Music. While there...
Press Release
Global piracy increases throughout 2017, MUSO reveals
Global data shows more than 300 billion visits to piracy sites in 2017, a 1.6 percent increase from 2016 TV is the most regularly consumed pirated content, with 106.9 billion visits, followed by music (73.9 billion visits) and film (53.2 billion visits) Across music and...
Film/ Television/ Music/ Press Release
MUSO supporting EUIPO's Economic Impact Study on Piracy
MUSO, the authority on digital piracy, and EUIPO, acting through the European Observatory on Infringements of Intellectual Property Rights, have embarked on a project to assess the economic impact of digital infringement across the European Union, with MUSO providing the...
Press Release
Game of Thrones Season 7 Opener Pirated 91.74 million times
MUSO reports that Game of Thrones season 7’s opener was pirated 91.74 million times. With 77.91 million downloads and streams of the first episode, streaming by far was the most popular way of accessing the season premiere. Torrenting nabbed the second spot with 8.36...
Interview
Queen of Indie: Jane Clark talks Piracy in the Indie Film Market
Actress turned producer, Jane Clark knows the indie film market inside and out and how crippling piracy can be to independent filmmakers. Clark’s films have been played in over 50 international film festivals and have won multitudes of awards. She’s the co-owner of Film...
Interview
From Rock Legends to Piracy: A Convo with Elio Bordi From Frontiers
Elio Bordi is a busy man. Between running the label’s website and magazine alongside being the promo manager for Frontiers, we were lucky to sit down with him to talk about what he loves the most: music and how the music market is adapting to the streaming revolution...
Music
Country Piracy Report: Spain 10th for Global Music Piracy
During a keynote speech at the 2017 INTA Annual Meeting, Iñigo Mendez de Vigo, Spain’s minister for education, culture, and sport, told the audience that Spain will raise “an anti-piracy generation” as part of its pledge to tackle intellectual property infringement.