Movie Piracy a Great Scapegoat for Movie Studios

Monday, October 19th, 2009

It is not at all surprising that the film industry's key players are thrilled to collectively cite movie piracy as being the "industry's greatest menace". However, there are two major problems with this argument.

Why Giving Away Music Concedes Defeat to Piracy

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

As much as we here love TechCrunch, it is rare for them to publish an article on digital media or piracy without a reference to their 2007 party-line that music should be free (Orli Yakuel’s recent Guide to Music on the Web being a notable exception).

Bundling Old Media with New is a Boon for Piracy

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

Hard-bundling old media offerings with new is one of the most daft market developments we have seen and arguably does nothing to combat digital piracy. What does it look like? It typically involves some radically new and innovative digital service being available exclusively to users who also have some legacy old-school ...

The State of Play in Game Piracy

Tuesday, July 14th, 2009

Every now and then we get a nudge from our readers bemoaning the fixation of piracy commentators on the music and movie industries. In light of our commitment to all things piracy in digital media, it would be remiss of us to pass comment on the state of play in ...

Pirate Bay Trial: the battle for hearts and minds (+ wallets)

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

While the movie industry may have sought a low-key Oscar ceremony earlier this week, one of their largest (albeit unendorsed) distribution channels was making a bigger song and dance at their Spectrial. The Pirate Bay has continued to keep the antics up this week and it would seem that their ...