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LimeWire Turns Sour
Download Music & Give To Charity
Independent Record Stores In Crisis?
Illegal file sharing together with the current recession, have seen the closure of some formidable giants of entertainment retail, where all that appears to remain is HMV / Fopp and the surviving independent record stores.
Record Store Day
Initiatives like record store day are encouraging people back into stores. Exclusive releases can be purchased and live artists enjoyed.
Phill Jupitus on Music Piracy
& Consumerism
ISP TalkTalk- On The Digital Economy Act
The Digital Economy Act despite having the best intentions will not work.
The Digital Economy Act 2010 -
An Introduction
Illegal music downloaders may have their Internet cut off and face prosecution if they persistently break the law.
ISPs To Collect Pirate User Data in
2011
Large Internet service providers will be monitoring you're internet usage and collect details if you continue to illegally download music.
Record Sales Hit A 25-Year Low
This week record sales fell below 5m for the first time in 25 years. Figures released by the trade body BPI have shown that annual sales fell by 3.5% in 2009 making this the fifth consecutive year for diminishing sales.
ISP's Don't Know What Customers Are Doing
Internet service providers cannot do a high enough level of policing to implement the sentiments of the Digital Economy Act, but rights owners could act as judge jury and executioner?