Press releases and announcements - 2008

Australia - market vendor arrested again for selling counterfeit music & movies

18/12/08

BREIN takes down chain of 75 illegal P2P sites

12/12/08

Police smash Australia’s largest ever commercial piracy manufacturing ring

03/12/08

Danish court confirms Pirate Bay is illegal & orders access to be blocked by ISP

27/11/08

Australia – AFP raid on internet cafe results in $82,000 fine

26/11/08

Unlicensed nightclubs in Mexico City raided

26/11/08

Torrentvalley.com taken down by Bulgarian authorities

12/11/08

Paid Content - Pay-for content set to grow faster than free, driven by music: forecast

12/11/08

Australia - student pens winning entry on illegal file sharing in ACMF National Songwriting Competition

11/11/08

We7 challenges piracy with biggest ever free music giveaway

11/11/08

Illegal discs impounded on Brazilian border

04/11/08

Major pirate market raided in Argentina

03/11/08

The Sunday Age (Australia) - a word to the stealing generations

03/11/08

SABAM case: court confirms Scarlet must filter or pay fines from 1st November

31/10/08

Italian fiscal police prosecute 46 for serious uploading

30/10/08

Billboard - EMI rebuffs Baidu claims

29/10/08

Drowned In Sound - P2P: Kaiser Chiefs have their say

27/10/08

Two arrested for mobile piracy in Japan

23/10/08

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - Q3 2008

22/10/08

Mexican customs seize Taiwanese discs

20/10/08

Nokia launches Comes With Music

02/10/08

Reuters - MySpace rolls out music site with major labels

25/09/08

Warner Music International & Deezer announce strategic content and revenue partnership

10/09/08

Major raids in Mexico City

09/09/08

EMI & Warner Music Group announce marketing and distribution partnership in SE Asia

08/09/08

ARIA releases half-yearly sales figures

15/08/08

IFPI welcomes Italian court's moves against The Pirate Bay

12/08/08

Finnish illegal file-sharer settles copyright case

07/08/08

Largest BitTorrent site in Italy closed

29/07/08

UK agreement with ISPs is a big step towards tackling online piracy

24/07/08

DirectConnect hub shut down in Mexico

21/07/08

False licensing ring busted in Chile

18/07/08

Major jukebox raid in Brazil

17/07/08

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - Q2 2008

17/07/08

Recording industry backs EU initiative to close copyright gap with the U.S.

16/07/08

Anti-piracy raids in Mexico continue

16/07/08

Netherlands – Razorback eDonkey servers offline

14/07/08

Washington Post - Justice Breyer is among victims in data breach caused by file sharing

09/07/08

Police shut down major Italian music file-sharing forum

01/07/08

BPI - New business models boost income for British record labels: licensing and multiple rights deals net £122m in 2007

30/06/08

Dutch National Criminal Investigation Service arrests 20-year old hacker

30/06/08

NME - FBI question 'Chinese Democracy' leak man

25/06/08

IFPI appoints Jo Oliver as General Counsel

25/06/08

Recording industry welcomes arrest of British DJ on suspicion of music piracy

19/06/08

IFPI releases Recording Industry In Numbers 2008

16/06/08

IFPI welcomes arrest of DJ over sale of 150 pre-release albums

11/06/08

Belgian topsite felled after raid

06/06/08

Spain - record companies claim €13m from Blubster, Piolet & Manolito networks

05/06/08

Organized pirate CD crime network smashed in Madrid

05/06/08

"Why won't the ISPs stop defending the past, start embracing the future and partner the legitimate music business?" - Paul McGuinness speech at Music Matters

04/06/08

12 gang members arrested in Italian raids

29/05/08

Zhongsou found guilty of copyright infringement

21/05/08

BBC Online - Fake media file snares PC users

08/05/08

Major Replicating Labs Seized in Brazil

07/05/08

Worldwide music download information campaign helps parents and teachers advise children

30/04/08

The Star (SA) - Major anti-piracy raid on house in Johannesburg

29/04/08

EMI - Coldplay announce a free single to download

28/04/08

Celebrities in the music, book and film industry request the German chancellor’s support in the protection of intellectual property

25/04/08

Australia - NSW police rein in rip-offs at market in Sydney’s West

24/04/08

Czech police shut down illegal server

23/04/08

Australia – police bust international music piracy ring

22/04/08

11 charged for violating public performance rights in Italy

21/04/08

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - Q1 2008

April 2008

Response to vote in European Parliament on the Guy Bono Report on the Cultural Industries

10/04/08

Baidu faces potential multi-billion dollar liability for breaching music copyrights

07/04/08

Australia - huge haul of pirate music

03/04/08

Four and a half year sentence handed down to ringleader of £5m CD counterfeiting scam

02/04/08

EMI Music appoints top Google exec Douglas Merrill to drive digital growth

02/04/08

Recording and film industries combine anti-piracy efforts in Mexico

02/04/08

Australia - ARIA announces Board for 2008

31/03/08

The Times - Internet book piracy will drive authors to stop writing

31/03/08

USA - RIAA's Gold & Platinum Awards: February 2008

March 2008

Police raids knock out Hungarian topsites

19/03/08

Italian police seize 63 high-speed CD burners in anti-piracy operation

12/03/08

EMI to remain a member of IFPI

10/03/08

Lucian Grainge promotes David Joseph to Chairman/CEO of Universal Music UK

10/03/08

Chile shuts down first Direct Connect Hub

10/03/08

Four guilty of £5m pirate CD conspiracy

07/03/08

The hidden dangers of illegal downloading

March 2008

Moscow raid nets 500,000 pirate discs

29/02/08

Billboard - Australian Government Eyes 'Three Strikes' Download Law

27/02/08

MusicFIRST - 6,000 international artists support US Performance Right

26/02/08

Pirate Beatles website operator jailed by Brazilian court

22/02/08

USA - RIAA's Gold & Platinum Awards: January 2008

February 2008

Pirate CD-R burning equipment seized in Israel

21/02/08

French police raid pirate Bollywood store

18/02/08

Artists and Recording Industry welcome today's announcement that European Commission will act to achieve fairness on copyright term

14/02/08

Music sector united in welcoming EU Commission plan to close the term of protection gap

February 2008

UK Government to push for ISP cooperation

12/02/08

IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - Q4 2007

11/02/08

Recording Industry steps up campaign against internet piracy in China

04/02/08

Danish Enforcement Court: Close off the Pirate Bay

04/02/08

Swedish prosecutor files charges against The Pirate Bay

31/01/08

Paul McGuinness - "The online bonanza: who is making all the money & why aren't they sharing it?"

29/01/08

IFPI responds to ECJ judgement on Telefonica

29/01/08

Internet cafés in Brazil raided

28/01/08

IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2008

24/01/08

Polish border guards smash organised crime syndicate

23/01/08

Victorian police congratulated on biggest pirate disc seizure in Australia

23/01/08

Australian Internet cafes targeted for music piracy

22/01/08

Music sales data 2007 - US, UK & Canada

11/01/08