Research commissioned by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has found that half of 16 to 24-year-olds use stream ripping tools to copy music from sites like YouTube. The industry group says that the problem has grown so much that in volume terms it has overtaken downloading from 'pirate'…
The Russian operator of the YouTube-ripping sites FLVTO.biz and 2conv.com has hit back at the major record labels in the US. The site owner believes that the Virginia federal court doesn't have jurisdiction and calls out the labels' 'forgetfulness,' as well as an 'absurd' domain registry argument.
A music service that scans Internet radio streams for specific music tracks, records them, and makes them available for download in MP3 format, has lost its case in a German court. The case, brought by Sony Music against MusicMonster.fm, ended with a declaration that the service cannot rely on the…
Two applications being processed by Australia's Federal Court aim to significantly expand the list of sites blocked in the country. The first, filed by several film companies, targets the domains of 79 torrent and streaming sites. A second, filed by music companies, targets four so-called "stream-ripping" platforms.