The number of consumers using peer-to-peer (P2P) services to download music declined 17 percent between 2011 and 2012. As a result, the volume of illegally downloaded music files from P2P services ...

After years of bitter battles between copyright holders and file-swapping services, the outlines of a partial truce are emerging that may soon see major record labels partner with peer-to-peer ...

CenterSpan Communications on Thursday said it struck a deal to distribute Sony Music Entertainment's music on its peer-to-peer service. The agreement lets CenterSpan provide music from Sony Music ...

Contrary to claims made by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has launched a campaign of lawsuits against peer-to-peer (P2P) network users and blamed them for plunging sales, ...

EMI Music became the fourth major recording company to agree to make its music available over a legal peer-to-peer service that hopes to lure customers from illegal sharing programs. Peer Impact, ...

What’s so great about the 70 million or so downloads Apple says iTunes managed in more than a year, compared to the one billion (at a conservative estimate) that happen on the peer-to-peer networks ...

Various studies over the years have shown that the biggest music pirates are also the biggest spenders on recorded music. The latest one from The American Assembly goes as far as quantifying the ...