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ISPs join file sharing crackdown
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) - which represents thousands of UK record labels - has signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with the six largest UK ISPs to help tackle the problem. The... [24 Jul 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up That bombshell comes courtesy of the British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), the UK's fluffier version of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). A further revelation from the... [28 Mar 2008]
Heroes and villains of the web named
News The internet villain of the year was awarded to commissioner Vivianne Reding and the European Commission, beating off very stiff competition from the US government and the BPI (British Phonographic Industry). [16 Feb 2007]
Web heroes and villains to be named and shamed
News The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) appeared on the five-strong shortlist for internet villains - for "applying pressure on Cable & Wireless and Tiscali to reveal the names and addresses of customers", according to... [05 Jan 2007]
Music industry launches fresh file-sharing assault
News To date, UK music industry association the BPI has taken legal action against more than 100 song-swappers. Music industry body the IFPI has announced a new wave of lawsuits against music pirates, with... [18 Oct 2006]
ISPs renounce music tariffs
News On Monday, UK music industry body the BPI called on ISPs Cable & Wireless and Tiscali to "pull the plug" on accounts used for illegal file-sharing. But the Internet Service Providers' Association today... [14 Jul 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.06.05
Round-Up However, the BPI - the record industry’s trade association - has little sympathy in this case and nor does it believe any dispensation should be made on the grounds of the offender's age. In fact, 90 per... [24 Jun 2005]
Teen music pirate to see mum in court
News According to a BPI (British Phonographic Industry) spokesman, the association believes that a third of the 90 or so cases it has taken out to date against file-sharers have been as a result of young... [21 Jun 2005]
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... [26 Nov 2004]
Online music pirates will be collared within days
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... [15 Oct 2004]
First legal blitz launched against UK music sharers
News After the messaging campaign and a final warning in March, when the BPI revealed the action was in the pipeline, the association says it has been forced to take the matter to the courts. The... [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... [23 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... [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]
Cheap CD seller slapped with injunction over pricing blame
News A BPI spokesman told silicon.com that the association had received negative feedback due to the seller's comments on its pricing. The wrangling between CD-Wow and the British Phonographic Industry... [04 Feb 2004]
