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RIAA says YouTube isn’t willing to make a ‘real negotiation’ for higher music royalties

Major labels are set to renegotiate contracts with YouTube this year, and many industry voices hope labels will get a better deal, but don't expect them to.
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Vinyl made more money than every free on-demand streaming service in 2015

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RIAA reports streaming music sales finally beat downloads, no thanks to free loaders

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RIAA starts counting streams towards album certifications, 17 albums go gold or platinum

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Thriller goes triple diamond, becomes first record to sell 30M copies stateside

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The Grooveshark saga comes to a close as RIAA wins lawsuit against clone operator

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Music industry sues so-called Popcorn Time for music, Aurous, days after launch

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Streaming services generated a third of all music revenue in first half of 2015

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Why the end of New Music Tuesday signals the true death of the CD

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Queen of the single: Rihanna is the first artist to pass 100M sold and streamed

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Grooveshark is back, and just as illegal as ever (Update)

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RIAA points to a ‘staggering transformation’ as streaming services finally eclipse CD sales

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RIAA escalates piracy witchhunt, points its pitchfork at domain registrars

The RIAA's latest battle in their pursuit of stopping music piracy is against an unlikely target: the companies that offer domain name services.
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MPAA, RIAA want anti-piracy lessons taught to elementary school kids

Jay-Z’s Samsung ‘exclusive’ album hacked onto HTC device

Jay-Z's new album, Magna Carter Holy Grail, which was supposed to made available to Samsung Galaxy users three days before its release, made its way onto an HTC device.
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The open Internet’s five deadliest enemies

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Illegal file sharing isn’t ‘stealing’: Here’s why

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Six strikes and you’re screwed: What the upcoming piracy crackdown means for you

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$675,000 file sharing verdict reinstated by appeals court

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Judge reduces Jammie Thomas’ file-sharing penalty to $54,000

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Internet providers create six-strike policy to combat piracy

Is sharing your Netflix password like stealing cable?

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‘Hurt Locker’ lawsuit targets record-breaking 24,583 BitTorrent users

LimeWire to pay $105 million for assisting ‘massive’ copyright infringement

Judge Reduces $675K Fine to $67,500 in File Sharing Case

Australian Court Finds ISP Not Responsible for Users’ Illegal Downloads

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Music, Movie and Software Piracy: What’s Your Chance of Getting Caught?

Jammie Thomas and The RIAA Go Back to Court

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RIAA To Stop Mass Lawsuits, Work with ISPs

RIAA File Sharing Verdict Thrown Out

Woman Beats RIAA Lawsuit

No Such Thing as a Legal MP3?

Oregon Questions RIAA Legal Tactics