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News In the first case, a man from King's Lynn was ordered to stop file-sharing illegally and told to make an immediate payment to the BPI of £5,000. The High Court rejected the man's defence that the BPI had... [27 Jan 2006]
Radioactive: Crazy Frog's legacy - it's boomtime for ringtones
Comment According to the BPI, CD singles sales in the UK dropped 19.1 per cent to only 21.4 million units in 2005. It was a bumper year for the UK ringtone market. But, asks Futurity Media's Anthony Plewes, will ringtones remain... [16 Jan 2006]
UK online music hobbled by high prices
News According to research from analyst house JupiterResearch, one-third of households now own MP3 players, while figures from music industry trade body BPI show that UK music fans have downloaded 13 million tracks already... [29 Sep 2005]
iTunes scores 80 per cent of UK downloads
News Although Apple didn't put figures on the number of songs sold in Blighty - it incorporates them into its international figures - recent statistics from music industry body the BPI said 13 million tracks have been sold in... [08 Sep 2005]
UK record industry takes first five file-sharers to court
News The three men and two women are accused of uploading nearly 9,000 tracks between them to file-sharing networks and have been unable to settle with music industry trade body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry). [02 Aug 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.06.05
Round-Up In fact, 90 per cent of the people the organisation is going after are under the age of 18, according to the BPI, which must be glowing with pride at that fact. A spokesman for the BPI said: "We don't do... [24 Jun 2005]
Teen music pirate to see mum in court
News Emily Price was caught in the third wave of anti-piracy action by music industry trade body the BPI and landed with a £2,500 bill for her file-sharing habit, according to reports. According to a BPI... [21 Jun 2005]
Illegal downloading 'costs UK £650m'
News UK record industry trade body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has announced it has won a court order to force ISPs to reveal the identities of 33 suspected file-sharers. Five ISPs will now have days to turn over... [20 Apr 2005]
Thirty-three more UK file-sharers' heads on the block
News UK music industry trade body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has announced the latest move in its campaign against illegal file-sharers - proclaiming that it will be going to court to seek the disclosure of 33... [12 Apr 2005]
Music mad Brits buy nine million online tunes
News Brits are proving to be the most music-loving nation - buying more albums than any other country - and we just can't get enough of digital formats, according to UK music industry trade body the BPI. During 2004, single... [23 Mar 2005]
UK file-swappers beware
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is likely to bring further legal action against UK citizens accused of sharing copyright-protected files over the internet. Late last week the BPI won a court... [15 Mar 2005]
Record labels' legal blitz hits 31 more music pirates
News Music industry body the BPI has launched a fresh wave of legal actions against alleged file-sharers, nearly two weeks after it announced the settlement of cases against 23 file-sharers for average damages of £2,000 each. [11 Mar 2005]
Nicked UK music pirates forced to pay thousands
News Music industry trade body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) has announced the cases may yet result in legal action taking place. The BPI's campaign of litigation has not met its end yet. According... [04 Mar 2005]
Re:Viewing 2004: Digital music and DRM
News As well as Ballmer's tongue-lashing, UK music pirates got a telling-off from the record industry trade body, the BPI. Twenty-eight of the most prolific uploaders in the UK were collared by the BPI in... [17 Dec 2004]
Big record labels give songs to P2P network
News According to industry association the British Phonographic Association (BPI), the music industry is looking at a record year - with the singles market getting a new lease of life, in no small part thanks to the... [26 Nov 2004]
