Neowin News Feed for: Ifpi

IFPI hoards money from Pirate Bay lawsuit, won't share with artists

Christopher White — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 23:28:22 +0000

The IFPI won a judgement of €550,000 against the owners of Pirate Bay, but have stated that they will not give this money to the artists and will instead help fund their anti-piracy programs. Read more...

proMedia hires students to hunt down pirates

Tyler Holman — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 18:50:39 +0000

Pirate hunter sounds like something from the movies, but it's the job description of about 35 student employees of proMedia, who spend their days tracking down copyright violators and making them pay. Read more...

Over a quarter of web users engage in music piracy, makes music industry sad

Andy Weir — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 01:41:01 +0000

Despite worldwide music revenues growing faster last year than in 2010, a new industry report indicates that music piracy is increasing too - 1 in 4 global web users acquired music illegally in 2011. Read more...

IFPI take action against 8,000 alleged file sharers

Wed, 18 Oct 2006 08:45:04 +0000

Legal actions against thousands of music file-sharers across the world were announced today by the IFPI as the recording industry stepped up its campaign to deter copyright theft and promote legitimate use of music on... Read more...

IFPI launches fresh attack on filesharers

Tue, 04 Apr 2006 11:28:40 +0000

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry has today announced 2,000 new cases against those accused of illegally sharing music. On its website the IFPI boasts that a Finnish carpenter, a French chef and a... Read more...

IFPI Launches Largest Attack To Date on Illegal File Sharing

Tue, 15 Nov 2005 16:37:58 +0000

In its efforts to fight illegal file sharing, the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry, the global version of the RIAA, announced on Tuesday that they have launched the largest wave of action to date... Read more...