Do pirates buy more music?
There have been many studies into the piracy issues that plague the internet, where consumers are able to get their hands on music, film and even games for free. The studies seem to say that although there may be a huge market in pirated material the people that use it are also big money spending [...]
Madonna top in the music biz
When the music industry complains about the bit file sharing costing them money and jobs, you can occasionally feel a little bit for sorry them, but when the industry publishes their top twenty money makers, it all takes on a very different look.
1. Madonna: $242,176,466
2. Bon Jovi: $157,177,766
3. Bruce Springsteen: $156,327,964
4. The Police: $109,976,894
5. Celine [...]
UK to back old music rules
At the moment, any song published in the UK has a shelf life of fifty years; this is where the owners of the copyrights can claim royalties on the songs for fifty years. In the long term this would appear to be fine, but tell that the Sir Cliff Richard whose music is about to [...]