british phonographic industry
IP infringement fines to rise
News Respondents included the Publisher's Association, the British Phonographic Industry and the Alliance Against Intellectual Property Theft. The UK government is to increase the maximum... [07 May 2009]
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... [24 Jul 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News A music industry survey this week found that the average teenager's MP3 player contains more than 800 illegally copied songs, and separate research commissioned by the music industry body... [18 Jun 2008]
BPI bests CD Wow in 'grey imports' row
News The pair have been facing off across a courtroom for some years after the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) accused CD Wow of parallel importing, or reselling CDs meant for the Asian... [20 Mar 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... [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... [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... [05 Jan 2007]
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... [02 Aug 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... [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... [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... [12 Apr 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... [15 Mar 2005]
Record labels' legal blitz hits 31 more music pirates
News The High Court has granted the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) an order requiring six ISPs to give up the names and addresses of 31 individuals believed to be serial music... [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 23 file-sharers caught... [04 Mar 2005]
1000 per cent rise in legal music downloads fails to kill pirates
News The British Phonographic Industry - the UK equivalent to the IFPI - took its first action against pirates, suing several music uploaders. A report from music industry... [20 Jan 2005]
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