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Recording Industry Acts Against Stream Manipulation Site
Berlin District Court issues injunction against operator of Followerschmiede.de, as part of broader effort to prevent ‘fake streams’. IFPI, representing the recording industry worldwide, and its German national group, BVMI, announced today that the Berlin District Court has issued an injunction against the operator of Followerschmiede.de, a prominent stream manipulation site. The injunction orders the […]
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Taylor Swift Named IFPI Global Recording Artist of 2019
IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has named Taylor Swift the world’s best-selling recording artist of 2019. This is the second time Swift has won the award; the first time being in 2014. Taylor Swift had another hugely successful year in 2019, releasing her seventh studio album, Lover, in August. The […]
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Frances Moore included in the 2020 Billboard Power List
IFPI chief executive, Frances Moore, has been included in Billboard’s 2020 Billboard Power List which feature the music industry’s ‘most powerful figures’. Moore is recognised as being ‘a fierce opponent of the value gap’, with Billboard highlighting her role in leading IFPI’s fight to pass the European Union Copyright Directive in March 2019. Read the […]
Read more >IFPI’s Music Listening 2019 – translated editions available
IFPI’s Music Listening 2019 is now available in other languages. The publication examined the way music fans engage with recorded music across 21 leading markets. The full report has been translated into French, Spanish, and German with adapted versions available in Italian and Polish.IFPI’s national groups prepared translations of the report for use among all […]
Read more >Frances Moore inducted onto the Music Week Women in Music Roll of Honour
Frances Moore, chief executive of IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide, has been inducted onto the Music Week Women in Music Roll of Honour. Established in 2014, 12 women are inducted onto the Roll of Honour annually in recognition of their contribution to the music industry. According to the publication, “the […]
Read more >Comment from IFPI on UK High Court decision in TuneIn case
IFPI welcomes today’s decision by the High Court of England and Wales confirming that TuneIn, the world’s largest online radio aggregator, needs a licence from UK sound recording right holders. The decision sends a clear message that services like TuneIn that generate revenues by providing online access to recorded music must negotiate licenses and compensate […]
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