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EasyInternetCafe seeks global deal in music burning row
News The offer was made to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) last week, and comes after the Internet café chain refused to pay a £100,000 fine to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).
[August 19, 2002, 13:34]
Pirate Bay defendants set course for retrial
News Norström is also a member of the Swedish Association of Copyright (SFU) — a group founded in 1954 that hosts seminars and debates, and counts members from the Swedish Anti-Piracy Bureau, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry...
[April 23, 2009, 15:55]
Net traffic dips on first day of Swedish antipiracy law
News It will be interesting to see what the court determines to be sufficient proof," Lars Gustafsson, chief executive of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, told Swedish news agency TT.
[April 2, 2009, 9:17]
British music industry backs RIAA action against Diamond
News The International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) and the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) came out in unanimous support of their US colleagues. While Diamond officials avoided calls, three heavyweight UK industry bodies backed the...
[October 13, 1998, 11:30]
Euro MPs bow to big names in music
News Fearing huge losses from lost royalties, the European music industry -- backed by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) -- this week petitioned euro MPs to re-jig the directive to take into account the growth of new...
[February 10, 1999, 17:07]
Half the charges dropped in Pirate Bay trial
News The IFPI association that represents the recording industry (the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) said in a statement that the dismissed charges will have little effect. On the first day of the long-awaited criminal trial...
[February 19, 2009, 8:07]
Musicians lobby EU over copyright vote
News Sting, Westlife, Dave Stewart and The Corrs among others, have written to MEPs on behalf of the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI). Napster was sued by the recording industry who demanded that it halted the sharing of songs...
[February 13, 2001, 16:35]
EasyInternetCafe faces gag in CD-burning row
News EasyInternetCafe refused to pay £1m, and balked at a second offer of £100,000, but in early August it offered £50,000 to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry -- a sister body of the BPI -- for a global settlement.
[September 19, 2002, 14:24]
Swedish court orders ISP to shut Pirate Bay
News The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry issued a statement applauding the decision by the court and Black Internet. A Swedish district court has ordered an internet service provider there to stop servicing The Pirate Bay.
[August 25, 2009, 8:53]
MP3 for sale online in industry first
News The International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) said that in 2001 the sale of illegal recordings exceeded $4.2bn worldwide, not including losses due to online piracy. In what may be a first for the recording industry, Maverick...
[May 24, 2002, 11:10]
Music industry attacks EU copyright proposal
News This approach has hit a flat note with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), however, which issued a "dismayed" statement calling for the proposed measures to be beefed up.
[February 3, 2003, 13:11]
Copyright directive 'will stifle EU competition'
News When the draft was first introduced in January, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which called for the proposed measures to be beefed up.
[August 5, 2003, 16:35]
EU delays vote on 'Euro-DMCA'
News When the proposal on enforcement of intellectual property rights was first introduced in January, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which...
[September 11, 2003, 17:20]
Group warns of Europe's 'DMCA on steroids'
News When the draft directive appeared early this year, it was criticised by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry as too lenient toward individual infringers. Contrary to what the Enforcement Directive claims, Member States are...
[August 11, 2003, 16:45]
'DMCA on steroids' heads for Euro Parliament
News When the IP enforcement proposal was first introduced in January 2003, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which called for the measures to be...
[February 19, 2004, 20:39]
Europe's 'DMCA on steroids' gets go-ahead
News When the proposal was first introduced in January, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which called for the measures to be beefed up.
[November 27, 2003, 16:35]
BT, Lycos, EU and Vorderman vie for villainy crown
News BT, the European Union, Lycos, Carol Vorderman and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) stood accused on Thursday of hampering Britain's Internet sector. The IFPI is the global voice of the recording industry.
[December 23, 2004, 13:00]
The UK is no place for Napster
News Napster clones setting up in the UK will be stamped out warns the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) Tuesday in order to allow "legitimate music on the Internet to flourish".
[May 3, 2000, 11:31]
Forget Napster, FreeNet is really scary...
News A spokeswoman for the Music industry watchdog the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), has admitted to ZDNet that it is concerned by several Napster clones, but one in particular: FreeNet.
[June 1, 2000, 7:03]
Police raid Napster users
News ZDNet Belgium reported Thursday that the Belgian arm of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) claimed to be giving police the names of thousands of suspected users of song-swapping site Napster.
[February 16, 2001, 10:10]
