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	Slyck News - BPI Changes Tune
		The music industry is partial to finger pointing when sales are on the downfall, but now sales are on the up.
		British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Chairman, Peter Jamieson said, "For years we've read stories about the death of the single.
		It is now the job of the industry to continue to listen to file sharers.
	www.slyck.com /news.php?story=550 (480 words)

	P2P-Zone - Court threat to UK P2P'ers
		The UK's record industry has issued illegal music downloaders with a warning that they must stop pirating music or face action in the courts.
		The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has said 7.4 million people in the UK are swapping songs online illegally.
		The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is threatening to sue individual music fans who swap song files over the internet.
	www.p2p-zone.com /underground/showthread.php?t=19072 (219 words)

	British file sharers attacked by British Phonographic Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		GristyMcFisty used our news submit and reports to us that the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is on the way to attack British file sharers in the same way the US show biz industry has done in the past.
		The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is tearing a leaf out of the book of the litigious US show biz industry and taking legal action against file sharers.
		The music industry case is also weakened by the fact that CD album sales have continued to rise.
	www.cdfreaks.com /news2.php?ID=10644 (373 words)

	E-Commerce News: Legal: UK Record Labels Expand Piracy Battle, Sue File Swappers
		Following the lead of their American counterparts, the leading music industry groups in the UK and Europe have launched a barrage of private lawsuits against dozens of individuals they say illegally swapped copyrighted music.
		The British Phonographic Industry filed 28 lawsuits in Great Britain and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said it had started more than 400 other lawsuits in Europe, including 50 suits in France, 100 in Austria, 174 in Denmark and 100 in Germany.
		The suits have resulted in settlements and a mixed bag of publicity for the recording industry, with some observers questioning whether targeting 12-year-olds, as one suit did, is an effective or desirable means of combating piracy.
	www.ecommercetimes.com /story/37159.html (899 words)

	NameTraq \| Last Name: Yeates
		Andrew Yeates of the British Phonographic Industry has to date demonstrated a measured and pragmatic approach to this problem for his industry, in contrast to...
		British Phonographic Industry (BPI) director general Andrew Yeates has been busy this week, trailing the prospect of a crackdown on file-swappers in the UK...
		Director general of the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Andrew Yeates was present at the event, and told Macworld of his praise for Apple's vision in...
	www.nametraq.org /Jan04/XYZ/Yeates.shtml (1263 words)

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		The action by the British Phonographic Industry is the first of its kind in the UK, but legal action has already been taken in the US.
		The music industry says illegal file-sharing websites have hit their profits hard and they have no choice.
		Lawyers for the phonographic industry say there is no excuse for downloading tracks illegally - as more than two-and-a-quarter-million have been bought legally on quality music sites set up by Napster and Apple.
	www.sky.com /skynews/article/0,,30000-1154507,00.html (331 words)

	Log in ....Tribune--On Software
		The record industry may have won a legal victory against Napster last July but dozens of other file-swapping communities have emerged in its wake.
		No wonder the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry blamed the Internet piracy as it announced a worrying 5 per cent fall in global CD sales.
		Sarah Roberts, communications manager for the British Phonographic Industry, says: ‘People think downloads don’t do anyone any harm but they forget that everyone from the session musicians to the producers gets their income from music sales.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020506/login/soft.htm (1146 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Netnews \| US giants target music piracy
		These "peer-to-peer" services are already attracting up to 3.5m downloads a week and the British Phonographic Industry fears the scale of the piracy will be far great than caused by Napster.
		The Recording Industry Assocation of America estimates that record companies have already lost 5% of their worldwide revenue over the past two years due to the rising popularity of illegal downloads.
		In the UK a recent report from the British Phonographic Industry showed that single sales were down 15% in the last quarter from a year ago.
	www.guardian.co.uk /internetnews/story/0,7369,777334,00.html (494 words)

	British music sharers risk court action :: MultiReg.com :: Domain Names, Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
		UK record companies' trade association the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) yesterday unveiled research indicating that 8 million people in the UK claim to be downloading music — 92% of them using illegal sites.
		UK record companies’ trade association the BPI (British Phonographic Industry) this morning unveiled research indicating that 8.0m people in the UK claim to be downloading music — 92% of them (7.4m people) using illegal sites.
		A comparison of the buying behaviour indicates that downloaders spending on albums was down 32%, and spending on singles was down 59% over the previous year.
	www.multireg.com /article397.html?POSTNUKESID=4a234df24412462d14fd04e66998566b (486 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Music \| Europe's song-swappers face court
		The music industry is to take legal action against 247 online song-swappers across Europe in the biggest crackdown against music piracy outside the US.
		The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) has said it will pursue serious offenders across the continent through the court system.
		The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) last week announced it was prepared to pursue persistent illegal song-swappers through the courts, while warning messages to fraudulent users have started appearing.
	www.tinyurl.com /23xj9 (461 words)

	p2pnet.net \| news \| BPI - ramping up to attack mode (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) may start sueing individual downloaders, says an unattributed September 23 post on DANCEFRONTDOOR.
		He also acknbowledged that British CD prices, "would have to come down".
		Jamieson said the 'anarchists would like to add the internet to a zone of free music' and were 'tipping the industry into crisis'.
	www.p2pnet.net /article/8135 (320 words)

	European music-sharers face legal attack - 07 October 2004 - New Scientist
		The entertainment industry took aim at law-breaking European internet file-sharers on Thursday, with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) announcing plans to sue hundreds of copyright infringers.
		By connecting to a network, industry enforcers can identify users, who can then be traced through their internet service provider (ISP).
		Represented by the Recording Industry Association of America, the world's leading record companies have pursued US file-sharers in court since June 2003.
	www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn6504 (510 words)

	National Savings & Investments - NATIONAL SAVINGS AND INVESTMENTS PROUD SPONSOR OF THE CLASSICAL BRIT AWARDS 2005
		The Classical BRIT Awards were established in 2000 by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) to recognise the outstanding achievements of classical musicians and performers the world over.
		The Awards have proved their vital importance to the UK music industry with the huge impact the event has on the record sales of those artists performing, winning and nominated.
		The BPI (British Phonographic Industry) is the trade association representing the UK recording industry.
	www.nsandi.com /press-room/press-releases/pr2004125.jsp (729 words)

	British Phonographic Industry to start sueing individual downloaders? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Jamieson told his audience that the `anarchists would like to add the internet to..[a]..zone of free music` were `tipping the industry into crisis`.
		Illegal copying of one form or another meant that the industry was only receiving one third of the money due to it.
		He admitted that prices would have to come down, as Universal has already done in the US, the introduction of legal download sites which would be given a boost by the introduction of an official 'downloads' chart later this year, and finally, the industry has to address the issue of illegal downloads themselves.
	www.cdfreaks.com /news2.php?ID=8024 (378 words)

	CNN.com - Entertainment - Pop king Robbie wins more Brits - February 27, 2001
		Madonna was not at the ceremony, but her new husband, British film director Guy Ritchie, was shown on video thanking the audience while his superstar wife dusted a picture of Queen Elizabeth II in the background.
		The Brit Awards are run by the British Phonographic Industry Ltd., an industry association.
		The British Phonographic Industry chooses the winner of the outstanding contribution award.
	www.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/26/britain.musicawards/index.html (521 words)

	C4 News - Home - Legal - British music bosses target file-sharers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The British Phonographic Industry says it's not persecuting the average music fan - only cracking down on the most chronic illegal music uploaders.
		They started softly-softly, with the record industry banding together to explain why getting music for free is wrong.
		The music industry could be looking for ways to capitalise on the peer-to-peer market and joining their customers in embracing change”.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/10/week_2/07_pirate.html (629 words)

	Music stars tempt teen girls into technology - ZDNet UK News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		A nationwide initiative called ITbeat, supported by the Department of Trade and Industry, e-skills UK, IBM, the Science Museum, British Phonographic Industry and music industry stars, has been set up to convince girls that working in IT is "cool".
		Patricia Hewitt, secretary of state for Trade and Industry and Minister for Women has for some time encouraged more women to enter the world of technology.
		"I am delighted that the British Phonographic Industry and the individual artists are willing to use this influence to help girls to understand that information technology offers challenges, rewards and opportunities for women to excel," said Hewitt.
	news.zdnet.co.uk /business/0,39020645,2125567,00.htm (504 words)

	Tech Trends - BPI Sits Out Europe's Legal Fight Against Music Piracy
		A new survey by a European organization, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, shows that the Continent's legal tactics to curtail online music piracy are working.
		However, the UK's music association, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), is a little leery about using the sometimes ham-handed techniques of its foreign counterparts.
		That is a major victory for the music industry, considering that this point was in dispute not too long ago and, in fact, had to be decided in several court cases around the world.
	www.newsfactor.com /story.xhtml?story_id=24507 (628 words)

	Digital Media Europe: Related stories: BPI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Worried that independent record labels are not benefiting to the same degree as the major record companies from the online music phenomenon, the British Phonographic Association is lobbying download services to promote more independent music.
		The British Phonographic Industry has said it intends to initiate court proceedings against illegal music downloaders.
		The latest figures from the British Phonographic Industry suggest that shipments of singles are down by a third on last year.
	www.dmeurope.com /default.asp?par=morecomp&ArticleID=1335&comp=BPI (301 words)

	BPI To Take action against Music Uploaders - The Scream!
		Music fans who download their favourite tracks on the internet for free are facing the threat of legal action.
		The music industry says illegal file-sharing websites have hit their profits hard and they have no choice.The record business says it has experienced a 22% drop in sales worldwide, and a 50% dive in the sale of UK singles.
		The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is to pursue legal action against people who make their music collection available on the internet, illegally, for other web users to share.
	www.the-scream.co.uk /forums/showthread.php?p=140031&mode=threaded#post140031 (282 words)

	Brits Target Music Pirates, Too - CBS News
		The British Phonographic Institute, or BPI, said warnings would be posted on the Internet threatening court action against the pirates.
		The survey, jointly commissioned by the BPI and the British Video Association, was based on a sample of 3,667 people aged 12 to 74.
		Britain's music industry is worth almost 5 billion pounds (US$9 billion) a year and employs around 126,000 people.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2004/03/23/tech/main608225.shtml (539 words)

	BPI To Take action against Music Uploaders - The Scream!
		The UK record industry is suing 28 people in an attempt to stop them sharing music files over the internet.
		The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) says the legal action is aimed at “major filesharers” and “large-scale uploaders”.
		The cases form part of action being taken against 459 file sharers in six European countries by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
	www.the-scream.co.uk /forums/t15901.html (890 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts features \| Melody maker
		According to recent figures from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), the 12-to-19 age group accounted for 16.4% of album sales in 2002, a sharp fall on 2000 (22.1%), while 40- to-49-year-olds went the other way, rising from 16.5% to 19.1%.
		What has changed is that the older fan, rather than being a bonus, is fast becoming the music industry's best customer.
		A recent edition of Music Week had a piece from Brian Berg, boss of Universal Music's UMTV arm, saying the industry had been under-serving the 40-plus market and the opportunities were "enormous".
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/features/story/0,11710,1159112,00.html (1575 words)

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	macdonkey - British Phonographic Industry to start sueing music downloaders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The UK record industry has warned music file sharers to stop or face court action.
		Largely on the sidelines as piracy begins to take hold in the UK, the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) will finally begin to take some steps.
		Phillips said that the organisation had waited until seeing the the results of research that showed 7.4 million people in the UK are illegally downloading music; the same people are spending 32 per cent less on CD albums.
	www.macdonkey.com /modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1401 (524 words)

	One in three CD's pirated \| TECHNOLOGY \| NEWS \| tvnz.co.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Commercial Piracy Report from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industries (IFPI) released on July 22 - which provided the global figures - showed that music piracy grew at its slowest rate last year.
		But the 13% increase in sales of fake CDs in the UK was six times the growth rate for legitimate album sales, which rose by 2.1%.
		The British Phonographic Industry says criminals now find music piracy more profitable than drug dealing.
	www.tvnz.co.nz /view/news_technology_story_skin/437982%3fformat=html (247 words)

	cd-wow fights BPI over imported CDs \| The Register
		Music labels, lead by trade group the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), are seeking an injunction and claiming damages from Music Trading On-Line (HK) Ltd, the firm behind cd-wow, for the sale within the Europe of CDs imported from Hong Kong.
		In responding to the August 2002 action, Music Trading On-Line sought to limit the scope of the case by arguing that the British Phonographic Industry was not entitled to act as representatives of the whole industry against it.
		The British Phonographic Industry is entitled to act for the whole industry in an action seeking to limit the sale of parallel imported CDs, the Vice Chancellor Right Hon.
	www.theregister.com /content/6/29787.html (349 words)

	British music sharers risk court action :: MultiReg.com :: Domain Names, Trademarks, Copyrights and Patents
		Posted by: Zeen on Friday, March 26, 2004 - 04:19 AM The British record industry has put illegal filesharers of music on notice that if they continue with their activities they risk court action.
		UK record industry warns illegal filesharers — stop or risk court action : 25:3:2004
		The British record industry has put illegal filesharers of music on notice that if they continue with their activities they risk court action.
	www.multireg.com /modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=397&POSTNUKESID=585106d3830526ccae73d24e964edb81 (486 words)

	C4 News - Business - Business - Premium songs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The music industry says it's a victory against so-called parallel imports -- but consumers are worried it will turn the tide of falling CD prices.
		But crucially -- according to the British Phonographic Industry -- importing them without the copyright owner's consent.
		That may be so, but the challenge the music industry faces is explaining why prices here are still so much higher than elsewhere in the world.
	www.channel4.com /news/2004/01/week_3/24_cd.html (350 words)

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