Press releases and announcements - 2004

World's biggest-ever haul of blank CD-Rs
is seized in Mexico
21/12/04

MPAA studios take actions
against major P2P server operators to stem global movie piracy
14/12/04

Australian record industry action
against operators of Kazaa
29/11/04

Italian police officer shot at
by Naples gang involved in piracy
19/11/04

'The Drummer'
asks music lovers to download legally
16/11/04

Putting the Creative and Media Industries at the Centre
of Plan to Make EU the Leading Knowledge-driven Economy
3/11/04

Record industry steps up action
against illegal music file-sharing and urges people to buy legally online
7/10/04

IFPI releases world recorded music sales figures
for first half of 2004
30/9/04

IFPI publishes definitive statistics yearbook
on global recorded music market
14/9/04

John Kennedy to succeed Jay Berman
as Chairman and CEO of IFPI
13/9/04

Music pirate sales hit record 1.1 billion discs
but spread of fake CD trade slows
22/7/04

IFPI applauds Hong Kong
after company directors are jailed for six and a half years for massive CD piracy operation
20/7/04

International Recording Industry hails lengthy prison term
for international music bootlegger
8/7/04

New industry study
shows downloading and burning discourages music sales
6/7/04

Music piracy fighters gather in Dublin
for global enforcement conference
1/7/04

IFPI welcomes Canadian Supreme Court decision
on cross-border internet transmissions
30/6/04

Brazil's endemic piracy problem
New report
30/6/04

International recording industry applauds action against Russian website
offering pirate discs for sale
24/6/04

Music industry calls for better enforcement of rights
on 10th anniversary of TRIPS
23/6/04

Suspect is jailed in brazil
charged with bribing chairman of anti-piracy committee
18/6/04

Recording industry shows first results of international campaign
against illegal file-sharing
8/6/04

IFPI European Regional Office
2/6/04

Pro-music website marks first year
with new directory of legal online music services
27/5/04

IFPI honours Sir George Martin and Rupert Perry
with outstanding service medals
27/5/04

IFPI applauds success of US-Chinese trade negotiations
on Intellectual Property reform
22/4/07

Music piracy issues should be urgently addressed
during visit by high-level EU delegation to Russia
21/4/07

Statement by Jay Berman, Chairman and CEO of IFPI
on the launch of international legal action against illegal file-sharing
30/3/04

Recording industry starts legal actions
against illegal file-sharing internationally
30/3/04

Response to the Harvard/North Carolina study
released 29 March 2004
30/3/04

Enforcement Directive welcomed
as a first step in the fight against piracy and counterfeiting
9/3/04

A prime candidate for a reduced VAT rate
European music should be recognised as such
4/3/04

IFPI welcomes Australian action against Kazaa
to stop the mass-scale violation of copyright
6/2/04

European retailers and record companies consult
on getting consumers back into shops
26/1/04

Industry's internet strategy 'turning the corner'
Says IFPI online music report
22/1/04

IFPI response to Test-Achats
7/1/04