Streaming fraud has emerged as one of the music industry's most significant challenges. With billions of dollars in royalties distributed annually through digital service providers (DSPs), fraudulent actors are finding new ways to exploit the system, diverting revenue...
ICMP, the global trade body for the music publishing Industry, has partnered with MUSO to provide content protection services to its worldwide membership – which spans Major, Indie music companies and 76 national trade associations on 6 continents.
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...
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...
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.
52% of all visitsto music piracy sites in 2016 were through mobile devices From January 2016 to December 2016,13.8bn visitsto websites were to stream pirated content, 59% of this piracy activity was via mobile devices. Stream rippersites have surpassed downloadingto...
