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The opportunity behind the Roblox lawsuit

Blog post by Kriss Thakrar

14 Jun 2021

Roblox

music piracy

gaming

Three months ago, MIDiA reported on the role of the Boombox in Roblox and the potential of the unique (and unlicensed) behaviour that was emerging around it. Subsequently, the National Music Publishers...

Roblox, piracy and the future of music in UGC 2.0

Blog post by Kriss Thakrar

19 Mar 2021

user generated content

music piracy

Roblox

A community of Roblox users are losing a battle against moderation as the platform cracks down on music piracy, due to the platform’s newly public status bringing with it a new level of responsibility....

Free Report: Digital Music Is Streaming Forward

Blog post by Dara Jegede

16 Apr 2018

Amazon Prime Music

apple music

bodak yellow

MIDiA is proud to partner with DiMA on its inaugural Streaming Forward Report. Digital distribution, andstreaming in particular, has been transforming music business in recent years. Although digital business...

Music Piracy Hasn't Gone, It Has Merely Changed Its Spots

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

14 Mar 2016

Chart Of The Week

mobile piracy

While the music industry slowly got its head around the brave new world of digital in the 2000’s piracy used to be the dominant focus of record labels and their trade associations. Now, with so much...

MIDiA Datapoint Of The Day: Mobile Music Piracy

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

4 Dec 2015

app stores

Apple

Data Point Of The Day

One thing you'll often hear cited in defence of streaming is that it has helped kill piracy. On the surface that might be seem to be true given that music P2P penetration is down. But all is not as it...

MIDiA Chart Of The Week

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

8 Oct 2015

Apple

apple app store

apps

Piracy used to be the dominant narrative of the music industry in the digital era with companies like Napster and Kazaa becoming the cartoon villains. Many industry execs now pride themselves on having...

The Digitally Native Music Consumer

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

5 Aug 2015

digital music

digital natives

free music

MIDiA Research has published a new report looking at the music attitudes and behavior of Digital Natives. The report “The Digitally Native Music Consumer: A Digital Native Music Behaviour Deep Dive”...

Music Piracy In Brazil: Assessing The Impact On Music Consumption

Blog post by Mark Mulligan

3 Mar 2015

brazil

brazilian music consumer

brazilian music market

MIDiA is pleased to announce the first report from our new Latin American market analyst Leo Morel. The report ‘Music Piracy In Brazil: Assessing The Impact On Music Consumption’ deep dives into the...