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News Trade association The British Phonographic Association (BPI) which last week vowed to bring 28 illegal music uploaders to justice, has secured a High Court action to force the internet service providers to come up with... [15 Oct 2004]
iPod users don't steal music...
News While the findings will doubtless prove cause for concern for the BPI and the RIAA, they would appear to suggest there are better places to start the copyright witch-hunt than among the iPod using community. [13 Oct 2004]
Leader: File-sharing suits out of tune with music market
Leader So the news today that industry body The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is suing 28 file-sharers comes as no surprise. While the rights and wrongs are pretty clear-cut in the law's eyes - it's illegal; if you do it,... [07 Oct 2004]
First legal blitz launched against UK music sharers
News The UK music industry is launching a broadside at file-sharers in the UK for the first time: music industry trade body the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced ut is suing 28 people thought to be responsible... [07 Oct 2004]
Piracy fears sidelined as Brits rediscover love for the CD
News Trade association the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has discovered that sales of CD singles have shown their first rise in five years, while albums are also showing some upward movement. The BPI is... [23 Aug 2004]
Tech pirates targeted in government's fraud crackdown
News DVD and CD pirating are both on the increase, with FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft) reporting that piracy cost the UK over £9bn in 2002 and the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) saying illegal music lost the... [11 Aug 2004]
Napster gives free downloads to Sun readers
News According to figures from the UK record industry association, the BPI, last year music piracy rose by 13 per cent, while legitimate music sales rose by just over two per cent. The BPI puts the rise down... [22 Jul 2004]
UK iTunes signs indies
News Previously existing UK download services, such as On-Demand Distribution, sold about 500,000 tracks online in the first five months of 2004, according to BPI, the country's record label trade association. [22 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.07.04
Round-Up The BPI is particularly grateful to government at this critical time for the interest and understanding it is increasingly showing in the industry's challenge to embrace new technology and new business models. [16 Jul 2004]
Music downloads get their very own pop chart
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has announced it will be running a chart of the most popular downloads from 1 September with numbers gleaned from song-shop staples such as iTunes, mycokemusic.com and Virgin. [29 Jun 2004]
Leader: Corporate file-sharing time bomb is ticking
Leader The RIAA and even the UK's own BPI are warning of a wider clampdown on illegal file-sharers - something that has been made more likely by the EU passing the new copyright and IP directive last week. It's nothing that... [16 Mar 2004]
Cheap CD seller slapped with injunction over pricing blame
News The wrangling between CD-Wow and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has taken a new turn, with the industry body taking the CD and games seller to court over claims it misled customers over pricing. [04 Feb 2004]
'Grey imports' win for industry hits CD prices
News The row over so-called 'grey imports' of CDs took a major step towards being settled this week, with the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and CD-WOW settling their differences out of court, and the music seller... [22 Jan 2004]
Leader: Should the UK music industry take the legal high ground?
Leader Andrew Yeates, director general of the BPI, has warned that legal action may be the only option left for a beleaguered record industry. In business you have to make unpopular decisions, that's a given, but nobody has... [14 Jan 2004]
UK download fans: The law is breathing down your neck
News While many blame a drop in quality and a lack of original music, the BPI has blamed file-sharing for record labels' drop in revenues. Andrew Yeates, the director general of the BPI, warned that legal... [14 Jan 2004]
