Peer to peer services like Kazaa do impact on the livelihoods of composers and songwriters who earn their income through royalties on broadcast or sale of music. rather than salaries like the rest of us. ... More

I am so fed up with the sloppy use of the terms ; "piracy" and "free music".

No distinction is made in the official MI rhetoric between a drug baron who has an illegal CD factory and a teenager ... More

Without a radical 'International Strategic Framework' being put in place that re-shapes the music industry from the inside out. Internet Piracy will destroy many existing revenue streams. The consumer ... More

The vast music conglomerates are the real pirates. They have developed methods of exploitation. refined them to an art form. and continue more and more to do so in order to reap every penny they can from ... More

In a recent BBC article. BPI Chairman Peter Jamieson said: "The illegal CD market is half as big as the legitimate one and is growing daily - it's a significant threat to the industry."

According ... More

Ruth Soedentorp. Prof. IP Education. Bournemouth University

1. Most people download illegal music copies in the privacy of their own home. so the law which makes downloading music ... More

I see the mp3 phenomenon as an untapped resource. If music moguls had seen the mp3 format as the great opportunity it was when it first appeared. things would not be as they are. I buy a lot of music. ... More