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European creators and right holders call for meaningful transparency obligations on AI systems to ensure the lawful use of copyright-protected content
~ The EU Parliament’s proposal is a step in the right direction. ~ We represent a broad coalition of organisations in Europe’s creative and cultural sectors, including authors; book, news media, music, scientific, and technical publishers; recorded music, film and TV producers; distributors and photo agencies. Europe has a unique opportunity to show global leadership
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Recording industry takes successful action against BitTorrent sites in Bulgaria
01 June 2023 – IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, alongside BAMP, representing music labels in Bulgaria, have together managed a successful blocking action against BitTorrent sites in the country. The ruling, which was handed down by the Sofia City Court on the 31st May 2023, requires three ISPs in Bulgaria
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IFPI statement on the publication of the EU Priority Third Countries Report 2023
22nd May 2023 – The European Commission has published its EU Priority Countries Report (here) in order to strengthen the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) in countries outside of the European Union. The report identifies “priority countries” in which the state of IPR protection gives rise to the greatest level of concern.
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Adriana Restrepo named in Billboard’s inaugural Latin Women in Music List
9th May 2023 – Adriana Restrepo, Regional Director of IFPI Latin America & Caribbean, has been named as one of Billboard’s Latin Women in Music for 2023. The inaugural list honours a range of female executives from every sector of the industry in the Latin American region. The launch of Billboard’s Women in Music was celebrated
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Record companies in Germany take successful action against hosting provider of stream ripping software, YouTube-DL
3rd April 2023 – IFPI, the organisation that represents the recording industry worldwide, and BVMI, its National Group in Germany, working on behalf of their member record companies, have managed a successful action against the individual hosting the stream ripping software YouTube-DL. The Hamburg Regional Court has issued an injunction requiring the individual to stop
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Comment from IFPI on the Court of Milan’s decision to uphold its order against CloudFlare
March 30, 2023 – “We welcome the decision today from the Court of Milan which confirmed that CloudFlare is obliged to cease providing access to three copyright infringing sites and any additional ‘mirror sites’ via its public DNS service. In doing so the Court of Milan has set an important precedent that online intermediaries can be required
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