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Friday, July 27, 2012

Two-thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is free, admits industry

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The Torrent Freak obtained copies of images from a presentation by an executive of the RIAA, the main lobbying organization of the American music industry, for people connected to major labels in the country.

Confidential data reveal that 65% of music consumed in the United States is obtained for free, but the vast majority of content comes to people in order offline via external hard drives, CDs burned on a home or pendrives acquaintances.

According to research from the industry, two thirds of all music consumed in the U.S. is obtained for free, while just under 30% of all such content is purchased on p2p sites or storage of files, like the late Megaupload. 

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

"The Megaupload will return," says Kim Dotcom, founder of the site

 

"Executive said via Twitter that service may return after rejection of proposals such as SOUP, PIPA and ACT, but confirmed date"

The founder of Megaupload, Kim Dotcom posted on his Twitter profile that the famous file-sharing site can return to work soon after consecutive anti-piracy agreements have been rejected around the world. "Soup is dead. PIPA is dead. ACTA is dead. MEGA will return "(SOUP is dead, PIPA is dead, ACTA is dead. MEGA will return in free translation), Dotcom wrote.
Dotcom also said the same message as the return address "bigger, better, faster, free and protected from attacks." After the rejection of proposals for SOUP Act and PIPA, the ACTA has been barred by the European Parliament on Wednesday (4), by a margin of votes loose 478-39. However, there is no provision for the return of the site.