Press releases and announcements - 2002
| Courts send Christmas message to Italian pirates | |
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heavy jail sentences to family involved in music piracy 13/12/02 |
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| Music organisations call for a VAT reduction on sound recordings | |
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The music sector has called on the European Union to reduce VAT on CDs 6/12/02 |
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Police in Luxembourg have made the largest-ever seizure of pirate CDs in Europe 29/11/02 |
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Jay Berman to head IFPI for three more years 14/11/02 |
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| IFPI launches annual recording industry yearbook | |
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Market Research Online site opens for subscribers 17/10/02 |
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| Taiwan: piracy on the agenda | |
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International recording industry meets with government 17/10/02 |
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| Global sales of recorded music down 9.2% in the first half of 2002 | |
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units fall 11.2% 10/10/02 |
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| Major step forward for internet licensing | |
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IFPI simulcast system wins European Commission approval 08/10/02 |
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| Italian music piracy epidemic | |
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Recording industry leaders urge action 08/10/02 |
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| Russian government's creation of anti-piracy task force | |
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welcomed by international recording industry 07/10/02 |
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| Global recording industry anti-piracy investigators meet in Amsterdam | |
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Three day annual conference 25/09/02 |
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| Kazaa deal with Tiscali will hurt legitimate online music business | |
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Says IFPI Chairman and CEO Jay Berman 24/09/02 |
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| IFPI announces new optional copy control symbol for CDs | |
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logo inform consumers that a CD incorporates technology to control copying 17/09/02 |
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| CD manufacturers ordered to pay largest ever damages | |
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for music piracy in Latin America 05/09/02 |
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| Interpol's new intellectual property crimes unit | |
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Welcomed by recording industry 29/07/02 |
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| European Commission shows 349% rise in pirate disc seizures | |
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Links with serious crime & terrorism 26/07/02 |
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| "Music for free" mentality challenging the recording industry | |
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Undermining the future of the European recording sector 11/07/02 |
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| Jail sentence and fine for CD plant operator | |
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Western Europe's largest covert pirate CD plant 11/07/02 |
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| Luciano Pavarotti and Sir Bob Geldof | |
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to be honoured at the 4th IFPI Platinum Europe Awards 21/06/02 |
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| International bootlegging ring smashed in Europe | |
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Joint action by police officers in the UK and Austria 20/06/02 |
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| IFPI applauds coming into force of WIPO Treaties | |
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Most significant update of international copyright laws in over 30 years 20/06/02 |
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| IFPI issues labelling guidelines for copy control CDs | |
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initiative acknowledges increasing use of copy control technologies 14/06/02 |
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| Global report shows disc piracy 50% up | |
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despite sharp increase in enforcement actions 11/06/02 |
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| Nearly 2 million blank discs destined for pirate music seized in Spain | |
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Western Europe's biggest ever crackdown on blank CD-R discs 24/05/02 |
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| Creative industries call on EU for strong legal remedy | |
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to fight epidemic of piracy 23/05/02 |
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| Jean Michel Jarre to host IFPI Platinum Europe Award | |
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Music Control confirmed as first ever sponsor 23/05/02 |
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| Russian and international record companies unite | |
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to develop market and fight piracy 15/05/02 |
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| Canadian case sets global precedent for internet transmissions | |
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case will help clarify global licensing rules 08/05/02 |
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| Fastest-growing piracy problem in Europe | |
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Artists and music industry leaders urge action 28/04/02 |
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| IFPI releases world recorded music sales figures for 2001 | |
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| UK court jails importer of pirate CDs from Eastern Europe | |
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high-quality counterfeits with market value over £100,000 28/02/02 |
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| Record industry hails breakthrough for WIPO Phonograms Treaty | |
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reaction from Universal's Jorgen Larsen and IFPI's Jay Berman 21/02/02 |
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| Music CD distributors pay damages | |
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IFPI announces latest in a series of anti-piracy settlements in Europe 21/02/02 |
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| Platinum Europe: Review 2001 | |
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Europe's million-selling albums hit six-year high 20/01/02 |
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| Platinum Europe: Review 1996-2001 | |
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UK artists and European repertoire are the success stories 20/01/02 |
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| Recording industry deplores ineffective Ukraine CD plant law | |
| Deep disappointment at rushed adoption of flawed licensing law 17/01/02 |
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