Firstly, hi all, I'm back from holiday, and ready to blog again. The first story I have for you is another one of those typical piracy surveys conducted by a big company, where the end results...

A new study, by Furturesource Consulting has shed some light on how piracy is going in the film industry; and it's bad news for the big wigs. A third of all people surveyed admitted to making...

In a nice new study, Ipoque, an internet provider and data analyzer, has concluded that a rather large percentage of people over the world use p2p. Nothing new there, but the hard percentages behind...

radiohead took a risk with their distribution method for In Rainbows, their latest record; they let you, the buyer choose how much you wanted to pay, or, not pay, as the case may be. The data comes...

According to research firm IMMI, parents watch more video on TV, DVD, and theaters than children. Now maybe that's because kids are on the phones and computers IMing, surfing, and YouTubing. But...

How big is YouTube? It is far larger than the next 64 video-sharing sites combined, according to Hitwise, an Internet Audience Measurement company. Google's acquisition and site promotion hiked...

Italian researchers surveyed the country's consumers to study the relationship between P2P and CD sales. They found that only a minority of file sharers, 30 percent, reduced CD purchases, while...

The NPD Group's latest research confirms research from other sources that P2P is not the top offender in unauthorized downloading. The finding questions the record industry's war against its...

The Digital Media Desktop Report directly measures desktop software installations for accuracy. It's not a survey Music applications (non-P2P) are ranked below: Not surprisingly, Windows Media...

End of year numbers from The NPD Group and IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) show both and Web and P2P music downloads continuing to rise. On the web licensed songs double...

According to Nielsen Soundscan, there were 581 million downloads in 2006 for a growth rate of 54 percent over last year, less than the previous year's growth rate of 163 percent. Market share...

eMarketer projects that digital media content spending will grow from $1.3 billion in 2005 to $7.8 billion in 2010. Online video is small now but will take off as more legitimate content is made...

Online video gets real in 2007 and breaks the billion dollar level. According to Strategy Analytics, online TV, movie, and other video sales will grow from $300 million in 2006 to $1.5 billion in...

NARM, the National Association of Recording Merchandisers, recently held its big trade show at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee, FL near Orlando. Todd Beals had excellent coverage - NARM Show DAY...

South Korean P2P service Soribada was forced to close its free P2P service. It re-opened as an authorized subscription service in July with signed contracts with 350 music rights holders. At its peak...

Let's consider the children. A recent survey of tweens, teens, and young adults shows that the percent considering an act illegal drops from 98% for stealing a CD/DVD to 80% for buying a bootleg...

Do you know where your bandwidth is? While the Net Neutrality discussion rages on, the reality is that ISPs have long given different treatment to various kinds of data, depending on its source, type,...

According to "Bridge Ratings Radio Format Perceptual - Spring 2006," digital media is definitely changing radio listening habits. But it's not a simple equation. Direct replacements like...

Not long after RIAA Prez Cary Sherman's inane answers in a CNET interview, RIAA CEO Mitch Bainwol continues the fantasy with the USA Today article "RIAA chief says illegal song-sharing...

48 million Americans, over one-third of users, now publish and share media on the Internet from the latest Pew internet survey. Those file sharers are no longer the young kids but include all ages and...