Australian Court Rules Against Linking To Copyrighted Music Online

The Federal Court of Australia has upheld an earlier verdict that ruled linking to copyright music online without permission is illegal. The issue before a three-judge panel at the Federal Court of Australia was whether Stephen Cooper was legally allowed to post links to copyrighted MP3 files hosted on other servers. Cooper did not host any copyright music on his own site MP3s4free.net, he simply linked to other sites that contained...

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Recent Survey Suggests iTunes Music Store Sales Have Declined 58% In 2006

U.S. market research group Forrester conducted a survey of North American music consumers and believes that since January 2006 the number of monthly iTunes transactions has declined 58 percent, while the average size per purchase declined by 17 percent, leading to a 65-percent overall drop in monthly iTunes revenue. Forrester analyzed 2,791 US iTunes debit and credit card purchases made between April 2004 and June 2006 from the...

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