Mobile Apps and Music Piracy
Last year 27 million people in the U.S. used mobile applications to download at least one unauthorized song.
The music industry’s global trade group, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) issued a warning about the widening scope of piracy in its annual report issued on March 18.
“Mobile applications have eclipsed file-sharing services, online storage sites known as ‘digital lockers’ and stream-ripping software as the most widely used source of free music downloads, according to a new study from researcher NPD Group, whose results have not previously been made public,” reported Recode.
Mobile technology has come a long way since the ring tone.
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