Beyoncé’s Lemonade is a piracy smash – but it’s taken TIDAL to No.1

Album surges on torrent sites, as Jay Z’s app overtakes Spotify on daily US chart

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‘The music industry needs more innovators and fewer lawyers’

CD Baby CEO Tracy Maddux on class action lawsuits fired at streaming services

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The average music streaming subscriber is paying less than $1 a week

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YouTube faces new DCMA enemy: Katy Perry and Deadmau5’s artist supergroup

Lionel Richie, Elvis Costello and Christina Aguilera have all signed petition

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