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Italian police raid pirate disc factory
Italian police targeted a factory manufacturing counterfeit discs intended for export around Europe last week. The Italian Fiscal Police (GdF) ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/20588.cfm - 27 November 2009

Legal music sales in Sweden jump following piracy crackdown
The IFPI has emphatically noted today that revenue from legal music sales in Sweden has jumped 18 percent since February, thanks to the strong ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/20555.cfm - 24 November 2009

Three million Swedes download 'illegally,' says IFPI
According to a new report from the IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), about 3 million Swedes download unauthorized ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19896.cfm - 13 October 2009

Record industry starts 'educational' progam to teach five year olds about piracy
The record industry is once again facing criticism this week after they began an 'educational' program designed to teach children, some as young ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19734.cfm - 4 October 2009

China tightens rules on sales of foreign music
China has implemented more rules and restrictions for online music stores in the country. The changes apply to foreign-sourced tracks. The Chinese ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19223.cfm - 6 September 2009

The Pirate Bay is back, after Swedish take down
Yesterday, the large public torrent tracker The Pirate Bay was taken down by Swedish police, and many users believed it was the end of the site, for good. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/19044.cfm - 25 August 2009

IFPI pressures Global Gaming Factor on Pirate Bay money
Global Gaming Factor's CEO Hans Pandeya recently received a letter from IFPI general council Jo Oliver informing him that the trade group will ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18825.cfm - 10 August 2009

iTunes could get boost from smart-phone sales surge in Latin America
Apple finally launched its iTunes music store in Latin America recently. The digital music download store was launched in Mexico on August 4, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18797.cfm - 8 August 2009

IFPI shuts down two Argentinean file sharing sites
Just a week after shutting down the large Argentinean file-sharing site Qsound, the anti-piracy group IFPI has shut down two more sites, Zona-mp3.com.ar ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18745.cfm - 6 August 2009

Pre-release music uploader arrested
The IFPI and the City of London Police and the Intellectual Property Office have this week arrested a 33 year-old man for allegedly being part ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18280.cfm - 24 June 2009

Virgin and Universal team up for unlimited music downloads
Virgin Media, the large cable TV operator and music store chain has announced an unlimited music download subscription service with Universal ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/18218.cfm - 16 June 2009

5 more arrested in Canada for piracy
Five more Canadian citizens have been arrested and face jail time and large fines this week, after being accused of pirating and selling DVDs ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17940.cfm - 13 May 2009

'Three strikes' law passes in France
Last month the French National Assembly surprisingly shot down the extremely controversial 'three strikes' laws which would disconnect alleged ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17937.cfm - 13 May 2009

European Parliament says court order required for ISP disconnection
The European Parliament has blocked a proposal that would clear the way for internet users to be disconnected on nothing more than accusations ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17920.cfm - 11 May 2009

French 'three strikes' bill back for Parliamentary debate
After being rejected by the French National Assembly earlier this month, the controversial "three strikes" Internet piracy bill backed by President ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17839.cfm - 30 April 2009

Pirate Bay founders file official appeal
The four founders of The Pirate Bay torrent tracker, Peter Sunde, Carl Lundström, Frederik Neij and Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, have filed an official ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17684.cfm - 20 April 2009

IFPI.org takes a hit from DDoS attack
The official website of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) was knocked offline at times, and made to perform sluggishly ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17680.cfm - 20 April 2009

Pirate Bay guilty verdict - Some reactions from music & movie bodies
As you would imagine, music industry bodies have been lining up in Sweden and Internationally to give their take on the guilty verdict for the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17644.cfm - 17 April 2009

Judge delivers guilty verdict in Pirate Bay trial - watch video
A Stockholm court has found the four founders of The Pirate Bay BitTorrent site guilty of making 33 specific files accessible for illegal sharing ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17635.cfm - 17 April 2009

Pirate Bay founders confident of victory in trial
The founders of the infamous Pirate Bay BitTorrent tracker remain confident that they will be victorious in the court battle over alleged copyright ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17594.cfm - 15 April 2009

Google launches free music download service in China
Google, in conjunction with over 15 record labels, has announced the launch of a free online music download service that will allow anyone in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17412.cfm - 31 March 2009

Nearly 2 weeks into Pirate Bay trial and we're still waiting for evidence
As the Pirate Bay trial continues in Sweden, the prosecution seems to lose credibility every day. The last two days' proceedings highlight a ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17119.cfm - 26 February 2009

Investigator paid by Warner not available for Pirate Bay trial
The trial of four men accused of being accessories to illegal file sharing for their involvement with The Pirate Bay resumed this week in Sweden. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17093.cfm - 24 February 2009

IFPI website hacked to protest Pirate Bay trial
The Swedish website for IFPI, the International Federation of the Phonographic industry was hacked yesterday to protest the ongoing Pirate ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17042.cfm - 19 February 2009

Pirate Bay admins win half their case in a day
After just a single day in the trial of Frederik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg, Peter Sunde Kolmsioppi and Carl Lundstorm for running a wildly ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/17018.cfm - 17 February 2009

'Three strikes' law shut down in Germany
Just as it has been in the UK and around Europe, the proposed 'three strikes' law for Internet pirates has been shut down in Germany. The ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16862.cfm - 3 February 2009

95 percent of music downloads are unauthorized, says IFPI
According to a new report by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), 95 percent of all online music downloads are ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/16667.cfm - 17 January 2009

TorrentValley shut down in a raid
One of the largest BitTorrent sites on the Internet, TorrentValley.com, has been shut down in a raid by Bulgarian authorities. The so-called ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15984.cfm - 13 November 2008

Romanian ISP blocks torrent site
TF is reporting that Romanian ISP UPC Romania subscribers headed to the large Romanian torrent site Torrentbits.ro will have blocked access, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15642.cfm - 11 October 2008

Pirate Bay trial delayed at least a couple of months
The Stockholm District Court has delayed the upcoming trial against the admins of the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay, citing that gathering ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15285.cfm - 29 August 2008

Finnish file-sharer settles case of copyright infringement
According to the IFPI, an accused Finnish file-sharer has settled his case for an undisclosed sum of money. The man, from Helsinki, had had ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/15087.cfm - 13 August 2008

'Italian Pirate Bay' shut down by IFPI, Italian police
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry), along with Italian authorities, have announced the shut down of Colombo-BT.org, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14970.cfm - 31 July 2008

Two OiNK uploaders cleared of all charges
Two former uploaders for the music torrent tracker OiNK have been cleared of all charges today after being arrested in the UK earlier this summer. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14958.cfm - 30 July 2008

IFPI unapologetic after improper DMCA takedown
Last week a blogger received a DMCA takedown request from the IFPI telling him to remove some music from his website. The IFPI, which does in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14951.cfm - 29 July 2008

Italian music file-sharing forum shut down
The IFPI and Italy's Guardia di Finanza have announced the shutdown of the alleged file-sharing forum Downrevolution.net for thousands of instances ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14719.cfm - 7 July 2008

Record labels sue P2P pioneer for $20 million USD
MP2P Techonologies has announced that they were recently served with a lawsuit by the Spanish branches of the Big 4 labels. Warner Music Spain, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14388.cfm - 8 June 2008

British police arrest 6 former OiNK users
The British authorities have confirmed that at least 6 former users of the torrent site OiNK have been arrested, more than the single user that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14338.cfm - 3 June 2008

Zhongsou is guilty of copyright infringement
Zhongsou, the popular Chinese internet search engine, has been found guilty of copyright infringement and the authorities have ordered the internet ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/14220.cfm - 24 May 2008

Pirate Bay to sue IFPI over access block
After having access to their site blocked in February, the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay is fighting back against the group that forced ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13686.cfm - 16 April 2008

European Parliament rejects plan to criminalize file-sharing
The European Parliament has rejected a plan to criminalize file sharing by private individuals, as well as rejecting a proposal to ban repeat ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13608.cfm - 11 April 2008

Baidu facing $9 million copyright claims
Chinese Internet company Baidu may be forced by a Chinese court to damages claims totaling US$9 million to three record companies. The claim ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13553.cfm - 7 April 2008

Recording and film industries in Mexico join forces
The recording and film industries in Mexico have joined forces by forming the Asociación Protectora de Cine y Música México (APCM). It has been ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13486.cfm - 2 April 2008

IFPI seeks $2.5 million from The Pirate Bay
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is demanding $2,500,000 from Swedish BitTorrent Tracker, The Pirate Bay. The ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13471.cfm - 2 April 2008

Dutch ISP bundles music service with broadband
Denmark's biggest ISP, TDC, is to offer a music download service along with its Internet broadband packages. The songs which can be downloaded ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13470.cfm - 2 April 2008

IFPI pressuring Swedish ISPs
After what the IFPI calls a successful operation to Block The Pirate Bay in Denmark, they've decided to try to do the same in Sweden. The IFPI ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13414.cfm - 28 March 2008

Four found guilty of conspiracy to infringe copyright in UK
Earlier this month, four men were found guilty in a £5 million illegal operation in South East England. The pirate CD traders had imported professiona...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13348.cfm - 24 March 2008

DirectConnect hub shut down in Chile
Chilean police investigators with the help of IFPI Chile have shut down a DirectConnect hub in the country which housed millions of illegal ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13344.cfm - 23 March 2008

BitTorrent site traffic sees impressive growth
According to TorrentFreak, torrent popularity and torrent site traffic continues to grow with every passing day despite heated efforts by anti-piracy ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13330.cfm - 22 March 2008

IFPI takes down music release group
The IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) has announced that they have successfully raided two servers in Hungary that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13311.cfm - 20 March 2008

EMI stays with IFPI, but only at reduced cost
EMI, one of the big 4 record labels, has announced that will remain a member of the IFPI, but only at a reduced cost. In December of last year ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/13183.cfm - 10 March 2008

Australia falling in line with music industry talking points
Anyone who read the IFPI's annual report on the state of the music industry when it was released in January would have already been aware that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12969.cfm - 19 February 2008

Google will enter online music sector in China
Google has announced plans to enter the Chinese online music market for the first time by joining up with the popular Top100.cn, which allows ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12917.cfm - 14 February 2008

Update: Pirate Bay sees increase in Danish traffic
Although Tele2, Denmark's largest ISP, was recently forced to block all access to the notorious torrent site The Pirate Bay, it seems once again ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12881.cfm - 11 February 2008

The Pirate Bay fights back against ISP block
In an effort to fight back against the recent Danish ISP Block of its site, The Pirate Bay has launched jesperbay.org as a countermeasure. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12845.cfm - 7 February 2008

Baidu gets sued again by record industry
Despite being found not guilty in a previous case, China's most used Internet search site Baidu is in legal trouble again. Universal Music ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12821.cfm - 5 February 2008

The Pirate Bay to be blocked in Finland?
As Swedish government is suing and Danish Tele2 operator is blocking The Pirate Bay, Finland joins the Scandinavian group of anti-piracy pacesetters. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12815.cfm - 5 February 2008

OiNK's bail date extended
Still after three months since the police shut down OiNK, Alan Ellis, the admin of OiNK, is in custody. Today, for the second time, the bail ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12812.cfm - 5 February 2008

Update: Pirate Bay calls big revenue claims false
In an update to our article here, the infamous torrent tracker The Pirate Bay has fought back against claims that it makes $4 million USD revenue ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12807.cfm - 4 February 2008

Nearly 200,000 USD claim for Pirate Bay
Today was the first day in court for the lawsuit against Pirate Bay. The prosecutor set charges for four persons responsible for Pirate Bay's ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12766.cfm - 31 January 2008

U2's manager: time to end ISPs' free ride
U2 manager Paul McGuinness recently made a big impression at the MIDEM music industry convention in Cannes by calling out everyone from ISPs ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12763.cfm - 31 January 2008

EU court shoots down attempt to force ISP disclosure of customer data
The European Court of Justice, the EU's top legal authority, sent a clear message to content owners that their exclusive right to distribute ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12741.cfm - 30 January 2008

IFPI raids hundreds of Internet cafes, one arrest
During the first two weeks of January, IFPI organized 335 raids in Brazil targeted on Internet cafes. In the announcement by IFPI yesterday ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12734.cfm - 29 January 2008

France to mandate ISP monitoring of customers for copyright infringement
Amid all the hype at the MIDEM music trade show in France around Qtrax's announcement of the free music service that wasn't, a more important ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12732.cfm - 29 January 2008

P2P downloads outshine digital sales 20:1
The past eight years has been a struggle between the music industry and P2P downloads. Since Napster launched in 1999 and brought the peer-to-peer ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12695.cfm - 25 January 2008

IFPI annual report praises labels for being forced to ditch DRM
According to the IFPI's annual report on the music industry, released today, it was innovative labels, rather than frustrated consumers or knowledgable ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12693.cfm - 25 January 2008

Global music sales fell 10 percent in 2007
Music sold worldwide had a substantial decline in 2007 and fell faster than 2006 even while digital distribution sales have been seemingly soaring. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12682.cfm - 24 January 2008

EU culture committee finalizes recommendation to Parliament without IFPI changes
The E.U.'s CULT committee, responsible for on helping shape EU policy on issues related to culture and education, has decided not to include ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12675.cfm - 24 January 2008

EMI loses case to Usenet provider
The German Usenet provider United Newsserver has won an appeal in a suit that was initiated by EMI. The large record label had wanted to ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12570.cfm - 16 January 2008

EMI threatens IFPI - reorganize or we quit!
Last year, after being purchased by equity firm Terra Firma, EMI started looking at exactly what the trade organizations they help fund with ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12504.cfm - 12 January 2008

Sweden file sharing case gets retrial
In Sweden, a court case involving a man who had allegedly uploaded 23,000 music tracks and 30 movies to file sharing networks has gone to retrial. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12483.cfm - 11 January 2008

IFPI wants ISPs to filter P2P traffic
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has approached EU parliament with recommendations on how to "develop cooperations ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12280.cfm - 26 December 2007

Yahoo China loses piracy suit appeal
The IFPI has said that a Beijing appeals court has upheld a ruling against Yahoo China over its search engine's links to outside Web sites that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12252.cfm - 22 December 2007

EMI loses case to Usenet provider
The German Usenet provider United Newsserver has won an appeal in a suit that was initiated by EMI. The large record label had wanted to ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12237.cfm - 20 December 2007

Dutch court fines Bollywood pirates
A Dutch court has handed out fines up to €15,000 to several Rotterdam shopkeepers for selling counterfeit Bollywood material. Three of the defendants ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12164.cfm - 15 December 2007

Update: Pirate Bay loses IFPI domain
In October, we reported that The Pirate Bay had somehow obtained the IFPI.com domain name and was using it to create the "International Federation ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12034.cfm - 30 November 2007

EMI thinking of cutting funds to the RIAA and trade groups
Rumors having begun swirling around the internet that EMI, one of the big four record labels, may be deciding to cut down or stop funding to ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12022.cfm - 29 November 2007

EMI looking to cut back on RIAA funding
EMI, one of the so-called "Big Four" music labels primarily responsible for funding the RIAA, as well as similar industry organizations outside ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/12004.cfm - 29 November 2007

Recording Industry calls on EU to tackle Chinese piracy
Thew heads of the global recording industry have traveled to Brussels to meet with EU Trade Commissioner, Peter Mandelson, to emphasize the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11836.cfm - 15 November 2007

Indonesian authorities close digital download outlets
Indonesian authorities have closed several digital music download outlets after executing a series of raids around Jakarta. The action stemmed ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11825.cfm - 14 November 2007

Recording Industry challenges Yahoo
The recording industry has challenged Yahoo Inc! to stop the "massively damaging abuse of intellectual property rights" by Yahoo! China. Yahoo! ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11824.cfm - 14 November 2007

Ukrainian court upholds verdict against music site
A judgment reached previously against mp3.ua, accused of copyright infringement, has been upheld by a Ukrainian court. The verdict obliges the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11768.cfm - 11 November 2007

'Operation Counterfeit' targets Russian pirates
The Russian Ministry of the Interior (MOI) announced details of a nationwide series of actions against music pirates last week, dubbed "Operation ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11767.cfm - 10 November 2007

Polish police target 'topsite'
Polish police have taken a so called "topsite" server offline, which allegedly was used to distributed music illegally before its street release ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11765.cfm - 10 November 2007

The Pirate Bay promises to bring back OiNK
Last week, OiNK, the large pre-release music torrent tracker was shut down by English and Dutch authorities and its owner arrested. In response, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11607.cfm - 28 October 2007

OiNK, a private torrent tracker, gets raided
OiNK, the extremely popular private torrent tracker has been shut down and its owner’s home raided by both UK and Dutch police. According ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11565.cfm - 23 October 2007

Update: IFPI and Pirate Bay to do battle over domain name
In an update to our article here, where it was reported that The Pirate Bay had somehow gotten the rights to the domain name IFPI.com, it seems ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11533.cfm - 20 October 2007

Major piracy market raid in Argentina
On October 2nd, 2007, several search warrants were executed in the infamous "La Salada" market area in the province of Buenos Aires. The searches ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11526.cfm - 20 October 2007

The Pirate Bay now owns IFPI.com
IFPI.com, the domain previously owned by the infamous anti-piracy outfit, The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11445.cfm - 12 October 2007

IFPI statement on U.S. file sharing verdict
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has issued a press statement with regard to yesterday's jury decision which ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11367.cfm - 5 October 2007

Pirate CD plant raided in Istanbul
Recently, the Turkish arm of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), known as Mu Yap, purchased a pirate CD with music ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11309.cfm - 1 October 2007

IFPI shuts down six eDonkey servers
The IFPI has announced that they have shut down six local eDonkey servers in Germany after it got injunctions against the owner of the servers. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11174.cfm - 19 September 2007

Dutch police raid pirate disc plant
Acting on a complaint made by Dutch anti-piracy foundation BREIN, Dutch police officers have raided and dismantled a plant used for the production ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11097.cfm - 13 September 2007

Swedish report calling for ISP action on piracy welcomed by IFPI
The International recording industry has welcomed a Swedish report calling for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to take more of an active role ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/11013.cfm - 6 September 2007

Baltic CD plant in record piracy payout
The largest CD replicating plant in the Baltic States, Baltic Optical Disc, has been ordered to pay a coalition of record companies a €500,000 ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10822.cfm - 23 August 2007

Indonesian anti-piracy raids lead to six arrests
Indonesian police and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry's (IFPI) anti-piracy experts raided a pirate music factory on ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10809.cfm - 22 August 2007

Reactions to UK Government decision on copyright term extension
The International record industry reacted to a recent decision by the UK Government not to press the European Commission to extend the term ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10554.cfm - 30 July 2007

Belgium court orders ISP to block illegal downloads
A court in Belgium has ruled that an Internet Service Provider (ISP) has the means to block illegal downloads from P2P networks and must begin ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10269.cfm - 4 July 2007

Swedish court upholds fine for uploading music
The Court of Appeal in Sweden has today upheld a 20,000 kroner fine imposed on a 45-year-old man from Borås by his local District Court for ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/10075.cfm - 12 June 2007

Police busts DC++ hubs in Finland
Finnish police forces have raided several Direct Connect hubs and users today in Finland. Raid was targeted against several large DC hubs in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9983.cfm - 4 June 2007

AllofMP3.com speaks to p2pnet
P2Pnet's Jon Newton recently had contact with Russian MP3 site AllofMP3.com. Record companies accuse AllofMP3 of illegally selling music downloads ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9977.cfm - 3 June 2007

IFPI issues statement on EC publication of piracy customs seizures
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) published a statement on its website yesterday concerning the European Commission's ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9955.cfm - 2 June 2007

IFPI: 'Ten inconvenient truths about the music industry today'
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has published today an article, titled, "Ten inconvenient truths about the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9914.cfm - 31 May 2007

AllofMP3 calls IFPI raid a publicity stunt
The Russian music download store AllofMP3 called out the IFPI today, claiming their recent raid was made as a publicity stunt. The accusations ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9834.cfm - 24 May 2007

AllofMP3.com voucher system targeted
In the ongoing effort by the music industry to squash Russian MP3 download site, AllofMP3.com, Police have raided and shut down an online voucher ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9792.cfm - 21 May 2007

IFPI backs Parliamentary Report on IP in UK
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade group that oversees the global record industry, has backed the recommendation ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9729.cfm - 16 May 2007

Recording Industry heads target German piracy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has met with heads of the international recording industry in Berlin to hear their concerns and suggestions ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9650.cfm - 9 May 2007

Mexican piracy ring smashed
Anti-piracy experts have worked closely with Mexican authorities in executive several search warrants against a freight forwarding company that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9645.cfm - 9 May 2007

The Pirate Bay to start pay site
The Pirate Bay, one of the most popular and well-known public torrent tracker sites has announced it will start a new music download site in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9584.cfm - 30 April 2007

IFPI comments on Yahoo China ruling
John Kennedy, Chairman and Chief Executive of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has released a statement to the press ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9530.cfm - 26 April 2007

Yahoo! China forced to pay record labels
Yesterday, Beijing's No. 2 Intermediate People's Court ordered the Chinese arm of Yahoo! to pay 210,000 yuan ($27,000 USD) to the record labels ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9512.cfm - 24 April 2007

ZPAV and police raid Polish University
For the past few months, Polish authorities have mounted an operation against a file sharing DC++ network situated on the campus of Koszalin ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9487.cfm - 21 April 2007

First sentencing for illegal file sharing in Czech Republic
For the first time in the Czech Republic, a man has been sentenced to prison time for illegal music file sharing. According to officials, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9476.cfm - 19 April 2007

Movie and music anti-piracy agencies merge in Brazil
In a first for Latin America, the music and film industries in Brazil are coming together to combine their anti-piracy efforts. Apdif, which ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9361.cfm - 11 April 2007

IFPI issues statement on USTR action on China
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), the trade body that represents the global record industry, has issued a statement ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9329.cfm - 10 April 2007

Huge piracy ring busted in Brazil
According to the MPAA and IFPI, a police raid was conducted today in Sao Paulo, Brazil on 4 seperate locations that were used to manufacture ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/9249.cfm - 4 April 2007

Major anti-piracy operations in Tri-border area
Brazilian and Paraguayan authorities conducted several major anti-piracy operations on both sides of the Tri-border area earlier this month. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8948.cfm - 12 March 2007

Yahoo China sued for piracy?
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) confirmed today that eleven companies have filed a lawsuit against Yahoo's ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8893.cfm - 7 March 2007

Police seize 1 million counterfeit discs in Guatemalan street raid
Guatemalan National Police in co-ordination with the Attorney General's Office conducted a massive raid in downtown Guatemala City that turned ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8807.cfm - 28 February 2007

IFPI seeks the holy grail through digital music
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) released a statement that online music sales have doubled in profit this past ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8453.cfm - 18 January 2007

16 year old file sharer to get jail time
Stavanger Norway was the site of a P2P crack down in which a 16 year old boy was arrested and charged for operating a hub on the popular Direct ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8348.cfm - 5 January 2007

Australian draft report casts doubt on piracy stats
A draft government report prepared by the Australian Institute of Criminology has lashed out at the music and software sectors for their piracy ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8110.cfm - 10 November 2006

Danish ISP forced to block AllofMP3
A short while ago, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) filed a civil lawsuit against Danish ISP Tele2. Within the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8070.cfm - 26 October 2006

AllofMP3 loses Visa service, remains defiant
Controversial digital music download site AllofMP3.com was dealt another blow today as credit card company Visa International severed ties with ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8035.cfm - 18 October 2006

Recording industry goes lawsuit crazy: sues 8000
In a worldwide clampdown on internet piracy, the International Federation for the Phonograph Industry (IFPI) has issued a huge wave of lawsuits ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/8030.cfm - 17 October 2006

Kazaa pays 100 million and goes legit
File sharing giant, Kazaa recently agreed to pay the sum of $100 million for damages to the music industry, to avoid further legal actions that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7767.cfm - 27 July 2006

Anti-DRM group to take on RIAA
The self proclaimed arch-nemesis of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the group collectively known as DefectiveByDesign ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7694.cfm - 23 June 2006

AllofMp3.com speak out over IFPI allegations
Last month, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) hit out at popular Russian music download service AllOfMP3.com, ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7631.cfm - 6 June 2006

In the Wake of The Pirate Bay
The file sharing community was shocked the morning of May 31, 2006 when it was announced that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7610.cfm - 1 June 2006

AllofMP3.com: illegal says IFPI
Popular Russian online music download service AllofMP3.com has been judged as illegal by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7591.cfm - 27 May 2006

Germany raids 3500 PCs in anti-piracy campaign
The country of Germany was once known as a safe haven for file sharing needs, often taking a very lackadaisical attitude towards pirating. Recent ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7572.cfm - 23 May 2006

IFPI changes tone in attempt to save its image
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) is behind thousands of lawsuits against file sharers around the world, but ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7473.cfm - 15 April 2006

BPI claims file-sharing decline in UK
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has claimed that illegal file sharing of copyrighted music has cost the British music industry around ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7446.cfm - 5 April 2006

Rosen and Berman to start anti-piracy firm
Two of the biggest names in the music industry's recent history, Hilary Rosen and Jay Berman, are to start their very own anti-piracy consulting ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7276.cfm - 5 February 2006

BBC gets answers from Music Industry figures about digital music
The BBC has questioned some of the Music Industry's biggest players using the most frequent queries from users of the BBC News website. The ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7245.cfm - 25 January 2006

Global music sales fell again in 2005
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), global music sales fell again in 2005 despite a huge rise in ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7240.cfm - 23 January 2006

Recording Industry claims anti-piracy efforts are working
The chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), John Kennedy, has said that legal advances and key victories ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7231.cfm - 22 January 2006

Entertainment Industry wants to abuse European data retention laws
The music industry is trying to abuse legislation that was introduced to help protect European citizens from terrorism, to fight against Internet ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7061.cfm - 28 November 2005

Kazaa gets deadline to filter or shut down
An Australian court has ordered that Kazaa must implement filters to block the sharing of copyrighted music by December 5th or to shut down ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7059.cfm - 25 November 2005

Music industry to launch massive wave of lawsuits
Music industry's global lobby organization IFPI ("the mother of all RIAAs..") announced today that they are preparing to launch a massive lawsuit ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7028.cfm - 15 November 2005

File sharing fight given green light in Sweden
Film and music companies have been given the green light in Sweden to resume collecting data about file sharers who are spreading copyrighted ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6941.cfm - 14 October 2005

Music downloaders spent $790m in H1 2005
According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), music downloaders spent over $790m on digital downloads in the ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6877.cfm - 3 October 2005

IFPI Finland - 'Linux/Mac users should consider buying CD players'
So it seems that copyright laws in Finland might make it impossible for consumers to move their music to a MAC or Linux OS but according to ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6847.cfm - 23 September 2005

HMV hopes to teach more people to download
As it prepares to enter the online music download market, retailer HMV has said it will attempt to educate more consumers on how to download ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6720.cfm - 11 August 2005

Worldwide legal music downloads tripled
Figures released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) have shown that legal music downloading has tripled worldwide. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6662.cfm - 21 July 2005

Music Industry wins German case against allofmp3.com
If there's one site that sells music downloads that has really gotten on the nerves of the major music labels, it is allofmp3.com. The site ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6618.cfm - 9 July 2005

IFPI loses P2P case in Taiwan
The Shihlin District Court in Taiwan has dealt a blow to the IFPIM's international fight against P2P file sharing. An operator of a P2P file-sharing ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6592.cfm - 1 July 2005

Could legal downloads actually surpass piracy?
According to Entertainment Media Research, legal downloading has made a huge increase and soon will pass out the pirates. A survey concluded ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6558.cfm - 23 June 2005

IFPI unleashes P2P lawsuits across the world
Often better-known as the "mother of all RIAAs", the International Federation of Phonogram and Videogram Producers, has extended its on-going ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6289.cfm - 12 April 2005

Recording Industry Association of Japan wins major P2P case
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) has won a major P2P case. For the first time anywhere in the world, a P2P service has been ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6276.cfm - 5 April 2005

RIAA says retail music sales increased in 2004
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has said that shipments of music have actually increased for the first time in five years ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6240.cfm - 23 March 2005

MP3s legal in Russia?
According to BBX, the IFPI's (International Federation of the Phonographic Industries) legal actions against the Russian web site AllofMP3.com ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6185.cfm - 8 March 2005

Russian MP3 site under criminal investigation
A Russian MP3 site, allofmp3.com is under criminal investigation, accused of copyright abuse by selling digital audio tracks in the MP3 format ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6123.cfm - 23 February 2005

IFPI pleased with French ruling despite criticism from artists
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has said it was very pleased with the French ruling earlier this week that ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6044.cfm - 5 February 2005

900% increase in digital music sales
More than 200 million songs in total were downloaded worldwide in 2004, a 900% increase on 2003's total sales the IFPI has said. The IFPI beleieve ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5975.cfm - 19 January 2005

Supreme Court rejects RIAA appeal
The RIAA has been running a campaign against online music filesharing now for over a year. The RIAA were using a 1998 law to force ISP's to ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5692.cfm - 12 October 2004

459 European P2P users sued
Music industry has taken its first major steps within Europe to clamp down the illegal music sharing over the P2P networks and 459 individuals ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5675.cfm - 7 October 2004

Universal music group boss can't wait to sue british file-sharers
Universal Music Group boss John Kennedy can’t wait to sue British file-sharers. He revealed this at the In The City music conference in Manchester. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5626.cfm - 23 September 2004

European song-swappers settle out of court
Out of the 200 people sued by the International Federation of Phonographic Industries (IFPI) in Europe eighteen have settled their case out ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/5301.cfm - 8 June 2004

European P2P users to face American-style manhunt?
According to IFPI's (The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, kinda "mother of all world's RIAAs") chairman, Jay Berman, European ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4797.cfm - 17 December 2003

IFPI announces a "global" webcasting license
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents most of the world's local music industry lobby groups and collection ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/4678.cfm - 11 November 2003

Global CD sales dropped 7 percent in 2002
The international recording industry association, IFPI, released the sales figures for year 2002 and according to those numbers, the worldwide ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3969.cfm - 9 April 2003

Music industry is after the workplace downloaders
According to the source the music industry copyright organizations are now targeting corporations about the online piracy performed by their staff. ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3796.cfm - 13 February 2003

IFPI released a tracking code for online music sales
IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry, the global umbrella group representing national recording industry associations, such ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3782.cfm - 10 February 2003

Student fined in Norway for online piracy
Frank Bruvik, a Norwegian student from the city of Lillehammer, was found quilty of online piracy on Wednesday. Bruvik had developed a Web service ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3737.cfm - 24 January 2003

RIAA/IFPI force CD cover site to take down its audio CD covers
CDCovers.cc, world's largest CD cover site, announced yesterday that they have been forced to take down all of their audio CD covers. Quote ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3608.cfm - 28 November 2002

RIAA drops the case against backbone ISPs
RIAA has dropped its lawsuit against major backbone ISPs, stating that the site they wanted to block, Listen4ever.com, has been shut down. Site ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3240.cfm - 22 August 2002

IFPI: CD piracy increased dramatically in 2001
According to a study by IFPI, an international recording industry's lobbying group, professional CD piracy increased dramatically in 2001. Number ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/3029.cfm - 12 June 2002

Piracy in Spotlight at Annual Music Sales Event
With millions of Internet users downloading all manners of music, from Abba to Eminem, on free rogue services, observers warn that teenagers ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2825.cfm - 16 April 2002

Music sales drop world-wide
According to the interim report released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) today, the global recorded music ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2355.cfm - 29 September 2001

RIAJ asks Napster to remove songs
Recording Industry Association of Japan has submitted a list of 3,000 songs that trade group wants to remove from Napster, to IFPI (international ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2166.cfm - 2 July 2001

Songbird controls Napster
IFPI, the international recording industry's association -- kinda like global RIAA -- which has members in almost all western countries, including ...
http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/2035.cfm - 9 May 2001