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Music Pirates Ordered To Pay £170,000 To Record Companies |
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London, 26th July 2010 – A pirate music dealer was ordered today to hand over £100,000 in payment to the record companies she ripped off by running an organised crime gang and illegal trading empire. |
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After The Danish Supreme Court Decision: The ISP’s Are Part Of The Solution To Internet Piracy |
Copenhagen, 27 May 2010 – Today The Danish Supreme court in Copenhagen ruled that Telenor is obliged to block their customers’ connection to the illegal Swedish piracy service The Pirate Bay.
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US ruling against Limewire sends clear message internationally |
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13th May 2010 - IFPI today welcomed the ruling by a US Federal Court against the well-known file-sharing service Limewire.
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IFPI Publishes Recording Industry in Numbers 2010 |
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London, 28th April 2010 – IFPI today publishes the Recording Industry in Numbers 2010 (RIN), providing a comprehensive picture of key trends of today’s music business. |
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Prosecutor in Italy orders ISPs to Block Infringing Streaming Site |
22nd April 2010 - A public prosecutor in Italy has ordered the blocking of linkstreaming.com, a website that facilitated access to copyright infringing music, games and films. The ruling in connection with the Swedish-based site follows an earlier Supreme Court ruling in connection with The Pirate Bay.
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International Music Industry Welcomes New UK Anti-Piracy Law and Calls for Other Countries to Follow Suit |
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London, 8th April 2010 - The international music industry today called for governments to take decisive legislative action to curb digital piracy following the passing of the landmark Digital Economy Act in the UK.
IFPI, representing around 1400 major and independent record companies worldwide, said the newly-adopted UK legislation, requiring measures from ISPs to curb piracy on their networks, sets a powerful example to other countries.
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Two Million Discs seized in Mexico |
Mexican law enforcement officers and military personnel conducted two major anti-piracy enforcement operations in March 2010. In the first, aimed at a cartel known as “Los Zetas”, the authorities raided five warehouses and five laboratories. The product seized by the authorities included 349 burners, 125,000 recorded CD-Rs and more than 200,000 recorded DVD-Rs.
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Swedish Police Arrest Four Hub Operators |
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Stockholm, 4th February 2010 - Police raided locations across Sweden on Tuesday, arresting four individuals accused of infringing copyright law by operating Direct Connect (DC) hubs. Officers suspect the hubs were used to allow users access to hundreds of thousands of copyright infringing music files. |
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New Licensing Deals Help Push Digital Music Sales to 27% of Global Revenues - But Piracy is Damaging Investment in Artists |
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· Global digital music trade revenues reach US$4.2 billion, up 12% in 2009
· 400 services licensed worldwide by music companies with ISPs, mobile and other partners
· New figures show local music collapsing in major markets as piracy bites into releases, sales and investment in France, Spain and Brazil
· IFPI Digital Music Report highlights urgent need for legislation to curb digital piracy on ISP networks
London, 21 January 2010 - More than a quarter of all recorded music industry revenues worldwide are now coming from digital channels, as music companies license music in partnership with ISPs and mobile operators, subscription services, streaming sites and hundreds of download stores.
However, despite the continuing growth of the digital music business – with trade revenues up 12% to an estimated US$4.2 billion in 2009 – illegal file-sharing and other forms of online piracy are eroding investment and sales of local music in major markets. |
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Swiss woman found guilty of online infringement |
13th January 2010
An 18-year-old Swiss woman from the Canton of Tessin was found guilty of online copyright infringement by a Swiss court last week after uploading more than 4,000 illegal music and film files.
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Pirate CD sellers receive heavy jail terms in Italy |
22nd December 2009
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Polish police target campus uploaders |
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21st December 2009 - Police in western Poland raided university student dormitories on 15th December and seized 37 computers that are believed to have been used to illegally distribute large amounts of copyright infringing content on the DirectConnect file-sharing network.
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Argentina Extends Term of Protection for Performers and Producers |
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Buenos Aires, 17th December 2009 – Argentina has extended the term of protection on sound recordings for performers and producers from 50 to 70 years. The move is welcomed by the music industry in Argentina and internationally. It will improve incentives for producers to invest in the recording of music in Argentina.
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10 Illegal Cyberlocker Services Settle With IFPI Israel |
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10th December 2009 - Tel Aviv - IFPI Israel has reached a major legal settlement with 10 copyright infringing online services. The organisation, which represents the recorded music industry in Israel, had filed court proceedings against the services which illegally provided links to unlicensed local and international repertoire hosted on cyberlockers.
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CD Pirates Required To Pay Money To Rights Holders |
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- Judge orders gang to hand over proceeds of crime to music companies
- Illegal operation had seen imported pirate CDs from the Czech Republic sold at market stalls and record stores across London and the South East of England
London, 8th December 2009 - A Crown Court judge has confiscated £70,000 profit accrued by pirate CD traders and made a compensation order in favour of the music companies whose repertoire was being sold illegally. |
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