The music industry shouldn’t kid itself: Piracy was never killed by streaming… but it might be more valuable than you think.

Piracy is still thriving, says MUSO boss Andy Chatterley – but could it be used to convert more people to paid streaming?
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British Piracy-Tracking Startup Muso Raises an Additional $4.5 Million

In its Global Piracy Report for 2017, Muso, British piracy-tracking startup, tracked around 300 billion visits to piracy sites. This number jumped 1.6% year-over-year.  In the UK alone, streaming music piracy increased 21%. Then, last September, Muso p…

Muso Raises $4.5M For Piracy Tracking From Hartwell Capital

Digital piracy specialist MUSO has raised $4.5 million in an extension of its $3.2 million 2017 Series A with Harwell Capital. The new investment will be used to expand the company’s efforts in the digital media, gaming and live broadcast sectors. MUSO’s technology removes unlicensed digital content and provides data…

Music piracy: It’s time to acknowledge the unlicensed elephant in the room

MUSO’s Andy Chatterley believes the industry is missing out on an opportunity presented by piracy
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83% of people who pirate music, film and TV tried to find it legally first, says survey

“There is a prevailing myth that streaming services have killed piracy, but unfortunately this just isn’t the case.”
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Music biz faces rampant piracy threat as stream ripping jumps 60% in 2016

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