Press releases and announcements - 2003
IFPI response to Netherlands Supreme Court judgement on KazaaRecording industry issues call to take key steps
19/12/03
New offensive against illegal CD production in Russia
IFPI files seven claims for damages
18/12/03
IFPI's Jay Berman sets out industry's global internet strategy for 2004
Keynote for IFPI Network
16/12/03
Taiwan P2P service faces criminal charges
Latest legal action against unauthorised music on the internet
8/12/03
Postponement of amendments to the Russian copyright law
IFPI voices disappointment
28/11/03
Comment on European Parliament Committee vote
on proposed EU Enforcement Directive
27/11/03
Recording industry announces new one-stop-shop
for webcast licensing
11/11/03
Largest ever seizure of CD burners in Latin America
Mexican authorities dismantle major counterfeiting operation
5/11/03
Major crackdown on organised illegal burning ring in Italy
Raids follow months of investigation
29/10/03
IFPI's regional committee meeting in Dubai
joins local music industry to step up anti-piracy efforts
--/10/03
Music sector welcomes inclusion of sound recordings in compromise proposal
on reduced VAT rates
23/10/03
Artists and consumers urge European Union
to support a VAT cut on sound recordings
7/10/03
Global sales of recorded music down 10.9%
in the first half of 2003
1/10/03
Pro-music online awareness campaign is backed by music publishers
site wins support of ICMP/CIEM
17/9/03
European music sector urges EU Finance Ministers
to reduce VAT on sound recordings
9/9/03
IFPI releases comprehensive yearbook
on the global market for recorded music
9/9/03
Germany launches first national pro-music website
2nd phase of initiative to promote legitimate online music
14/8/03
IFPI instant messaging statement
14/8/03
Recording and software industries discuss the fight against piracy
with Pakistani government
28/7/03
Global sales of pirate music CDs top 1 billion
one in 3 discs is illegal; pirate sales at us$4.6 billion
10/7/03
Police seize 2 million tapes in Egypt
the country's biggest ever piracy raid
7/7/03
Record industry calls on Lebanese PM
to step up action against music piracy
7/7/03
IFPI launches global anti-piracy guidelines for CD plants
latest anti-piracy educational initiative
26/6/03
IFPI statement on action announced by US recording industry
against illegal music uploaders
25/6/03
European Parliament adopts Declaration against Piracy in Europe
important signal that piracy will not be tolerated
5/6/03
Developing a music industry in Russia
Artists and record companies unite in call for anti-piracy offensive
5/6/03
European artists call for a VAT reduction
to end cultural discrimination against music
3/6/03
Music sector calls for fans to go online
with pro-music.org
21/5/03
Grokster/Morpheus judgements
IFPI/RIAA Statements
28/4/03
Police close down major online pirate site in Australia
hub of massive exchange of music and digital files
24/4/03
Easyinternet pays damages to record industry
following victory in the High Court
23/4/03
Global sales of recorded music down 7% in 2002
downloading and CD burning major cause of the fall
9/4/03
IFPI releases Copyright Use and Security Guide
for Academic Institutions
27/3/03
IFPI, RIAA solicit responses from consumer electronic testing facilities
on copy control technologies
11/3/03
A VAT cut on recorded music would give huge boost
to markets across Europe, says survey
18/2/03
Recording industry advises large companies
how to avoid copyright theft on their computers
13/2/03
New electronic identifier
helps develop legitimate online music market
10/2/03
EU Enforcement Directive falls far short
of providing urgently needed tools to tackle piracy
30/1/03
RIAJ wins judgement against peer-to-peer service
Japan MMO violated their copyrights
29/1/03
Record industry wins Easyinternet case
BPI action on behalf of UK record companies
29/1/03
IFPI statement responding to the Verizon decision in the US
22/1/03
RIAJ successfully settles case against digital broadcaster
22/1/03
Reaction by Jay Berman, IFPI to Europe's Digital Download Day
key initiative in highlighting legitimate online services
20/1/03
Spanish police arrest 40 in major piracy raids
one of largest operations ever mounted in Spain
20/1/03
Music sector joins forces at Midem to urge a VAT reduction
on sound recordings across Europe
19/1/03
Major CD-R piracy ring smashed in Manila
notorious stronghold of criminal and pirate activity
17/1/03
IFPI welcomes the recent US Supreme Court decision
upholding extension of copyrights to 70 year-plus term
17/1/03
Stolen Beatles treasures recovered in anti-piracy swoop
by UK and Dutch police
10/1/03