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Frank Ocean provides a rare moment of respite amongst the drek and damage of casually perusing random playlists.

Are Exclusive Album Releases Anything More Than Desperate Marketing?

No, the album isn’t dead as we know it; you’re just listening to a gimmick that breaks the algorithm on your social media channels.
By Justin Joffe
Make no mistake, this is straight piracy.

When Will YouTube Deal With Its Audiobook and Podcast Piracy Problem?

YouTube’s current piracy protections are woefully inadequate for authors and book publishers.
By Ryan Holiday
Imogen Heap: music payment systems visionary. (Photo: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Block Chain-Powered Used Digital Music Stores Would Profit Musicians

People don't pay for music because it doesn't feel like you own songs if you can't sell them. Systems built on blockchain databases could make it possible for consumers to sell used digital music, perhaps better aligning consumer interests with those of artists.
By Brady Dale
A character drawn in Manga style. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Apple, Google Turn a Blind Eye to Comic Piracy Apps, and It’s ‘Killing’ the Industry

By Sage Lazzaro
Counterfeit computer programmes are pictured in a shop in Dhaka on May 13, 2009 a day after a report into software piracy found Bangladesh to have the highest rate of fake products in the Asia-Pacific region. The annual survey by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) and industry research firm IDC showed 92 percent of the South Asian nation?s software was unlicensed. AFP PHOTO/Munir uz ZAMAN (Photo: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images)

Software Piracy: Will You Snitch for Cash?

By Mark Rykken Jr.
BoodiGo has taken steps to prevent the spread of pirated porn. (BoodiGo)

BoodiGo Partners With PornGuardian To Stop Piracy

By Jordyn Taylor

Feds Interrogate Man Wearing Google Glass in Movie Theater

By Jordyn Taylor
Preview of the program. (Photo: I Keep Safe/Wired)

California Schools Might Subject Students to Exciting Lessons in Why Piracy Is Bad

By Jordan Valinsky
Seemed like a cat pic kind of day. (Photo: Pusheen.com)

Booting Up: The Mayer Effect Edition

By Jessica Roy
Elon Musk (Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP)

Booting Up: London Calling, IPOs Not Answering Edition

By Jessica Roy

Fred Wilson to Media Execs: ‘Everybody, and I Mean Everybody, Is a Pirate’

By Nitasha Tiku

Freakonomics: Piracy Costs the Economy $200 B. a Year? ‘These Figures Were Made Up Out of Thin Air’

By Adrianne Jeffries
Cares about you, kind of. Not really.

Why You Shouldn’t Listen to Facebook or Google When They Come Out Against SOPA

By Foster Kamer
By Flickr user keiro-super-hero

Bronx Man Gets One Year In Prison For Uploading Pirated Film

By Ben Popper

SOPA Hearing Turns Into Congressional Catfight Over Snarky Tweet

By Ben Popper

Even Pro-Business Pundits at The Economist Declare SOPA “Draconian”

By Ben Popper
Image via The Guardian

Do Startups Lack Political Klout? Pushing the Innovation Agenda

By Ben Popper

SOPA Opera – The Craziest Congressional Takes On Internet Piracy

By Nitasha Tiku, Ben Popper and Adrianne Jeffries
Not a fan of censorship. Who knew!

Eric Schmidt Is No Fan of Censorship, Rips SOPA Act

By Ben Popper
Surveillance nation.

The Internet’s Big Guns Join Startup Land In Protesting SOPA Act

By Ben Popper

New IP Legislation Is Worst Yet, Say Web Activists, Fearing Internet Black List

By Ben Popper

NYC’s 8th-Largest Accounting Firm: Oops We Didn’t Know Our Copies of Every Important Enterprise Software Were Pirated, Here’s $385 K. Thx Bye!

By Adrianne Jeffries
"Sorry if my beard tickles a little."

Fox Won’t Wait Till Hulu Sells Before Kneecapping the Platform

By Ben Popper

New Anti-Piracy Spot Aims to Shame

By Adrianne Jeffries
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