In the ‘90s, it was CD burners helping burn musicians’ profits. In the ‘80s, with the proliferation of the cassette, home taping was “killing music”. In the ‘70s, it was concert bootleggers, such as those who trailed the Grateful Dead bus and recorded shows on gear so cumbersome you needed ancient Egyptians to haul it. In the ‘60s, publishers were worried about unauthorised reproduction of lyrics cutting into the sales of sheet music. Music piracy in one form or another has been around for generations. Maybe you just taped some songs off the radio. Maybe Wilco’s music wasn’t even involved at all. When was the last time you heard of someone pirating music? It seems like a relic of the past, doesn’t it? A friend hands you a CD-R with the new Wilco album on it, or maybe a hard drive with the whole Wilco catalogue. A search warrant was procured, houses in North London and Ipswich were targeted, and the arrest was made. The investigation spanned two continents, many months, and involved intel provided by two international organisations. Last month, a 19-year-old was arrested in Ipswich after a joint effort between the City Of London Police, and the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office.
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