British inventor seeks to take $18bn bite out of Apple in bitter patent war
Patrick Racz is in a long-running patent fight with the tech company over claims it stole his filesharing and payment system for iTunes
June 2019
The networker
Farewell then, iTunes, and thanks for saving the music industry from itself
John Naughton
Apple’s announcement that it is to close the software is a reminder of its role in reconciling music and the internet
May 2019
Oversharing: how Napster nearly killed the music industry
Twenty years ago, the idea of free music was so compelling that up to 80m users downloaded Napster and broke the law. The aftershocks are still being felt today
June 2017
European court of justice rules Pirate Bay is infringing copyright
The ruling comes after seven-year legal battle and could lead to ISPs and governments blocking access to other torrent sites across Europe
October 2016
Movie pirate avoids prison after bootlegging The Revenant
A former film studio employee has been ordered to pay $1.12m to 20th Century Fox for illegally uploading Leonardo DiCaprio film to the internet
June 2016
From YouTube to the blockchain: how music and tech are colliding in 2016
Music companies want to work with tech startups, not sue or squeeze them for all they’re worth. But will they still be left in the hands of big guns such as Apple and Google?
May 2016
Pirate Bay founder and Adblock maker offer web users a way to pay publishers
Two of the digital industry’s biggest bugbears unite to launch Flattr Plus, which aims to get 10 million people paying $5 a month
April 2016
Game of Thrones: season six
Game of Thrones season six: Australia tops world in illegal downloads
Australia records 12.5% of first episode’s piracy via BitTorrent, India comes second, followed by the US and the UK
March 2016
Kanye West: secret Pirate Bay user?
Did Yeezy download a pirated version of synthesiser Serum? The rapper-slash-designer might have revealed too much on Twitter
February 2016
Music labels win $22.2m damages from MP3Skull – if they can find its owners
No surprises: how unexpected album drops became the norm
