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White Paper This was followed by a Business Process Improvement (BPI) study. The client was on a growth trajectory. However, its existing systems were becoming an impediment to growth due to: limitations in expanding customer reach... [04 Mar 2009]
VDCBPI: An Approximate Scalable Algorithm for Large POMDPs
White Paper This paper describes a new algorithm (VDCBPI) that mitigates both sources of intractability by combining the Value Directed Compression (VDC) technique with Bounded Policy Iteration (BPI). Existing algorithms for... [04 Aug 2008]
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 BPI was that... [28 Mar 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News More people than ever are able to illegally swap their music collections because BitTorrent clients are now so easy to use, said Jollyon Benn, internet investigations executive for the BPI (British Recorded Music... [27 Mar 2008]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment The increasing use of media will place additional demands on IT infrastructures," says Neville Chamberlain, managing director of BPI Improve, a UK-based media operations consultancy. Experts argue new media will spell... [29 Nov 2007]
BPI bests CD Wow in 'grey imports' row
News The legal battle between music industry body the BPI and CD Wow over 'grey imports' ended at the High Court today with the e-tailer convicted of copyright infringement. The pair have been facing off across a courtroom... [20 Mar 2007]
CD Wow hits out at music industry 'paranoia'
News CD Wow has hit out at music industry body the BPI, which is pushing for a case against the retailer over parallel importing - where CDs licensed for one region are sold in another. The CD seller accused the music... [22 Feb 2007]
CD Wow in court over 'grey CD imports'
News Music industry trade body the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is seeking a contempt of court order against e-tailer CD Wow, after the company was accused by the BPI of continuing 'grey imports' of... [21 Feb 2007]
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 more than 8,000... [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. Internet companies have slammed calls for a tariff that would mean they... [14 Jul 2006]
UK music industry to sue AllofMP3.com
News UK music industry body the BPI is to sue popular Russian download site AllofMP3.com, claiming it is operating outside the law and not sharing any of its profits with the artists whose music it sells. Not so, says the... [07 Jun 2006]
UK MPs call for digital rights reform
News Among those businesses which contributed where AOL, the BBC, the BPI, Intel and Yahoo! The UK All Party Internet Group (Apig) has released the results of a consultation into proprietary protections on copyrighted... [05 Jun 2006]
