App stores are littered with apps that promise free access to music, but only few live up to expectations. Musi is one of them. The music app made headlines in 2016 when its founders, who were teenagers at the time, presented their brainchild in an episode of the Canadian edition of Dragons’ Den. In essence, the software itself is relatively simple....

To a greater or lesser extent and depending on region, rightsholders across all major industries are now regular participants in site-blocking actions. Most blocking takes place to prevent access to movies and TV shows on static platforms such as torrent sites and streaming indexes, plus streaming platforms typically operated by IPTV providers offering...

In terms of general internet security, there are few things worse than reports of yet another potentially massive leak of personal information. Whether due to incompetence or deception, the bottom line is often the same; exploitation of data at the expense of those to whom it relates, and a further undermining of online safety to the detriment of...

Free music is easy to find nowadays. Just head over to YouTube and there are millions of tracks, including many of the most recent releases. The music industry earns billions of dollars through associated advertising but doesn’t like the fact that some people download the tracks for offline use. A blunt solution would be to remove all music from YouTube....

After dragging on for years due to the complexity of the case, which was further complicated by a global pandemic, last month a Las Vegas jury convicted five men behind pirate streaming service Jetflicks. Kristopher Dallmann, Douglas Courson, Felipe Garcia, Jared Jaurequi, and Peter Huber, generated millions of dollars in revenue through Jetflicks,...

Founded in 2010, Hikari-no-Akari (HnA) positioned itself as the go-to site for fans of Japanese music. With anime booming across the globe, HnA’s audience didn’t stop at the border. And with over a million visits per month, rightsholders started to take notice. HnA Targeted in Subpoena Hoping to stop the infringing activities, the Recording Industry...