Press releases and announcements - 2001
| US trade sanctions on Ukraine | |
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Statement by IFPI Chairman and CEO Jay Berman 20/12/01 |
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| Recording industry welcomes new international copyright treaty | |
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WIPO Copyright Treaty will come into force on March 6 06/12/01 |
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| US$2.8 million criminal action filed against major Philippines group | |
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Lawsuit follows a lengthy anti-piracy investigation by IFPI 22/11/01 |
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| Interpol sets up new conference to aid fight against IP crime | |
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National police forces meet with rights holders 19/11/01 |
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| Plant settlement in Russia first step in tackling massive pirate CD production | |
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Agreement between major CD plant and international recording industry 22/10/01 |
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| Music industry anti-piracy conference convenes in Cape Town | |
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Keynote theme of is private-public partnership 11/10/01 |
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| Recording industry signs anti-piracy agreement with Indonesian CD plant | |
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'good business practices' anti-piracy agreement with PT Dynamitra Tarra, the largest CD manufacturer in Indonesia 03/10/01 |
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| US motion picture and recording industries file suit against MusicCity | |
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Statement by Jay Berman, Chairman and CEO of IFPI 03/10/01 |
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| Global recorded music sales down 5% in first half 2001 | |
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Declines in all major markets except the UK and France 28/09/01 |
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| Police in Germany find Europe's largest covert pirate music CD plant | |
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Raids uncover estimated production capacity of over one million illegal CDs a year 19/09/01 |
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| Recording industry offers international internet licensing to broadcasters | |
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landmark system of agreements announced by the recording industry today 11/09/01 |
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| Local repertoire hits new highs to dominate world music market | |
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IFPI publishes 200-page Recording Industry in Numbers 2001 06/09/01 |
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| Representatives of the Asia/Pacific record industry meet in Bangkok | |
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| New Communications Director joins IFPI Latin America | |
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Miami based Meyer will oversee IFPI Latin America's media campaigns 21/08/01 |
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| IFPI statement on Maurice Oberstein | |
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Member of the Board of IFPI from 1991 until 1993 15/08/01 |
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| US court rules that broadcasters must pay producers for internet music streaming | |
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IFPI welcomes decision that broadcasters must pay royalties for 'webcasting' or 'streaming' over the internet. 08/08/01 |
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| Ukraine loses GSP benefits | |
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Trade sanctions loom for failure to tackle piracy 07/08/01 |
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| Gerd Gebhardt to chair Platinum Europe Award | |
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President of Warner Music Central and Northern Europe to Chair organising committee 02/07/01 |
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| Statement on Aim/Impala/Napster announcement | |
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by Jay Berman, Chairman and CEO of IFPI 26/06/01 |
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| IFPI and RIAA announce search for 'audio fingerprinting' technologies | |
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new technologies could play role in distribution and protection in the digital environment 15/06/01 |
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| Music disc piracy leapt 25% in 2000 | |
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IFPI publishes Music Piracy Report 2001 12/06/01 |
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| Piracy threatens future of music industry in Mexico | |
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Delegation of recording industry leaders gathers in Mexico City 17/05/01 |
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| Music copyright holders offered Songbird search tool | |
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The first international, publicly-available napster search tool 09/05/01 |
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| New IFPI Latin America regional director | |
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Welcome to Vazquez, farewell to Abaroa 25/04/01 |
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| Recording Industry World Sales 2000 | |
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CD albums up, overall unit sales down 1.2% 19/04/01 |
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| March 2001 - Platinum Europe Awards | |
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Five of the seven Platinum Awards awarded to North American artists 09/04/01 |
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| Music industry calls for action against scourge of piracy | |
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Record company heads in Istanbul urge enforcement of new copyright law 03/04/01 |
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| IFPI Honoured at Global Anti-counterfeiting Awards | |
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Award recognises IFPI's "outstanding accomplishments" in fight against piracy 21/03/01 |
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| International recording industry welcomes US trade action on Ukraine | |
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Call to Ukraine to stop breaching international rules on protection of intellectual property 13/03/01 |
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| Call for urgent action to stop Ukraine CD piracy | |
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by IFPI, US, & Swedish ambassadors, & Ukraine music sector. 21/02/01 |
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| IFPI 'disappointed' by Napster proposal | |
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statement in wake of Napster's settlement proposal 21/02/01 |
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| European Parliament vote on Copyright Directive | |
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Comment by Jay Berman, Chairman and CEO of IFPI 14/02/01 |
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| MEPs urged to make a stand for creativity | |
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Artists, authors, producers call for the right copyright rules ahead of vote 13/02/01 |
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| Statement by Jay Berman on today's Napster decision | |
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"This decision is a victory for all those who want to develop a legitimate on-line music business" 12/02/01 |
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| British courts punish sophisticated Russian credit card and pirate CD ring | |
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Two criminals jailed for 4 years and served deportation order 02/02/01 |
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| New year - new appointments for IFPI | |
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Regional Director for Russia/CIS and Director of Market Research 23/01/01 |
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| Producers, authors, composers and publishers to cooperate over online music identifiers | |
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Main aim is to enable efficient management of delivery of music online 20/01/01 |
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| Platinum Europe annual roundup 2000 | |
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New qualifiers, more countries and European acts prosper 16/01/01 |
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| Police crack down on Russian credit card fraud and pirate CD ring | |
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Britain's most sophisticated credit card fraud case uncovered 12/01/01 |
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| IFPI helps CD plants stay on the right side of copyright law | |
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Guidelines to help CD manufacturing plants comply with copyright rules 10/01/01 |
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