Press releases and announcements - 2012

Ang Kwee Tiang appointed IFPI regional director for Asia

12/12/12

Leong May-Seey to retire from IFPI at the end of 2012

05/12/12

USA - 125 artists unite to oppose Pandora's subsidy: "Not fair and not how partners work together"

14/11/12

Record labels invest US$4.5 billion in new music

12/11/12

The record label is dead: long live the record label - op-ed in the Telegraph by Frances Moore

12/11/12

IFPI welcomes final court decision against vKontakte

09/11/12

IFPI chairman's video address to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Forum in Moscow

24/10/12

Frances Moore's address to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Forum, Moscow

22/10/12

Overall impact of unlicensed p2p file-sharing is negative

17/10/12

IFPI welcomes further ruling against unlicensed service vKontakte

11/10/12

Pro-Music website re-launched - an essential global guide to getting digital music

11/10/12

EMI Million Dataset hackathon develops methods for predicting song popularity

27/09/12

IFPI appoints David Carson to Head of Global Legal Policy

28/08/12

New study on digital content use in Germany

22/08/12

IFPI welcomes closure of Demonoid

09/08/12

Illegal file-sharing: French court requires Google to cooperate with French music companies

18/07/12

Germany's highest court says Rapidshare can be held liable for copyright infringement

17/07/12

Illegal website operator arrested by Italian Fiscal Police

11/07/12

European manufacturing and creative industries react to European Parliament vote on ACTA

04/07/12

New report from SNEP on the French music market (in French)

04/07/12

Music Canada - Passage of Bill C-11 vital building block for music community

04/07/12

Frances Moore speech at the Fourth China International Copyright Expo

22/06/12

Manufacturing and creative sectors urge responsible consideration of ACTA before Plenary vote by Parliament

21/06/12

Music Rights Australia launches

21/06/12

Canada - Music cluster strategy unveiled at NXNE by Music Canada

15/06/12

IFPI welcomes closure of unlicensed forum fdzone.org

11/06/12

IFPI welcomes court ruling finding vKontakte liable for copyright infringement

18/05/12

Universal Music - Hulin appointed Vice President, Emerging Markets

04/04/12

IFPI Digital Music Report 2012: Spanish and Italian versions now available for download

02/04/12

How France's Hadopi law is helping sales and how "Free" is destroying the culture business - Brett Danaher and Rob Levine speak at Canadian Music Week (two videos)

30/03/12

Industry welcomes Indian court's pirate website blocking judgment

15/03/12

Mark Wilkinson is appointed President of Deutsche Grammophon

13/03/12

Spotify launches in Germany

13/03/12

Universal Music Group - Francis Keeling is Promoted to Global Head of Digital Business

07/03/12

IFPI statement on ACTA's referral to the ECJ

22/02/12

RIAA, copyright community name worst IP offenders in Special 301 recommendations to U.S. Trade Representative

10/02/12

IFPI welcomes copyright ruling against VKontakte

31/01/12

IFPI welcomes ACTA signature

26/01/12

Canada - CBC and AVLA announce historic music licensing deal

25/01/12

IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2012

23/01/12