Where and when did music piracy begin?

This particular vein of history is not piracy per se, but did impact writers who were losing countless amounts of money from public performance of their ... read more

A LITTLE HISTORY ON MUSIC PIRACY The subject of piracy has a long history. In the 1920’s, when radio stations started playing records over the airwaves performance was not tracked. Performance is currently one of the legal entitlements a songwriter is granted in a copyright registration. read more

Piracy, while having always been an issue, has garnered even more attention and anxiety with the advent of the digital age. Before digital media had become prominent, piracy was limited in that the majority of individuals did not benefit from piracy simply because it was not worth it. read more