Google is taking an inconsistent stance on allowing apps that enable music piracy via smartphones to remain available in its Android Market. The muddled position comes just as Google readies its ...

Google's rumored push into music has panned out into an new search function with integrated playback. Thanks to a deal with MySpace (who have acquired media playback firm iLike) and Lala, searches for ...

Days after Google blocked a site that converts songs from YouTube music videos into MP3s, the RIAA again asks CNET to remove conversion software from Download.com ...

Google has reversed the suspension of an Android TV app that was hit with a copyright complaint simply because it is able to load a pirate website that can also be loaded in any standard web browser.

As part of its efforts to combat copyright infringement, Google removes illegal content from its search results, primarily in response to DMCA takedown requests from rights holders. Following a ...

The free ride may ending for people who rip YouTube music videos to MP3s through youtube-mp3.org and similar sites. YouTube’s lawyers have sent cease-and-desist letters to the sites, threatening ...

Google is continuing its long-running negotiations with record labels for an MP3 store and expanded cloud storage service, according to major label sources with knowledge of the discussions. But the… ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Barry Collins is a tech journalist writing about PCs, Macs and games. Google has finally announced it’s killing off Play Music ...

A leaked video of an in-the-works Android music player suggests Google is gearing up to challenge Apple iTunes' supremacy in the digital music market. Could a Google music store or cloud service be fa ...