Free Radiohead album most popular on illegal sites
A study by Big Champagne and MCPS-PRS found more people downloaded Radiohead's In Rainbows via BitTorrent than from the band's free website.…
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New Usher album illegally downloaded, a lot
Usher's album Here I Stand was downloaded illegally more than half a million times via BitTorrent in the week before release, after tracks leaked earlier this year.…
EFF says RIAA P2P lawsuits have failed
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has published a white paper arguing the RIAA's 20,000 lawsuits against file sharers have failed to curb P2P use.…
SXSW: Saturday roundup
CMU's SXSW Saturday roundup praises Oklahoma band Kunek and criticises a digital music panel that turned into product plugs.…
P2P down on August, up on last year
BigChampagne figures show P2P file sharing users fell slightly from August to September 2005 but remain 43.9 per cent higher than a year earlier.…
P2P usage up again
BigChampagne figures show global P2P network usage reached 9.62 million last month, up 1.3% on July and 41% on August 2004.…
P2P usage rises again in June, says BigChampagne
Simultaneous users on P2P networks rose to 8.9 million in June, up 2.6% on May and 20.1% year on year, according to BigChampagne, which expects a summer dip.…
Illegal filesharing still on the up
NPD reports P2P file sharing in the US rose 25% year on year in March, while legal download transactions rose 52% over the same period.…
P2P usage rises despite litigation
A Slyck.com study estimates 8.5 million US P2P users, nearly double 2003 levels, despite the RIAA's litigation campaign.…
RIAA launches 717 more lawsuits as P2P libraries reach new high
The RIAA has filed 717 more lawsuits against file sharers, while the MPAA prepares a second wave, and P2P availability rose 28% in 2004.…