The battle against bootlegged and counterfeit products continues, as noted by the increasing number of investigations, raids and seizures of bootlegging and piracy operations over the last few years.

The following are examples of the cooperative effort which is required to wage the successful battle against pirated product. These are:

• Music Download Campaign Launches to Help Parents and Teachers - April 30, 2008

• Beijing Court Confirms Yahoo China's Music Service Violates Copyright - December 20, 2007

• International Recording Industry Welcomes Groundbreaking Anti-Piracy Agreement in France - November 23, 2007

• Polish Police Shut Down Pre-Release Music Site in Wroclaw Raids - November 9, 2007

• British and Dutch Police Raids Close World's Largest Pre-Release Pirate Music Site - October 23, 2007

• Recording Industry Knocks Out eDONKEY Servers in New Actions Against Internet Piracy - September 21, 2007

• Dutch Police Dismantle Pirate Disc Plant - September 13, 2006

• Recording Industry Launches Fresh Wave of Actions Against Illegal File-Sharing - October 17, 2006

• KAZAA Settles With Record Industry and Goes Legitimate - July 27, 2006

• Allofmp3.com: Setting the Record Straight - June 2, 2006

• The Pirate Bay Gets Shut Down by Swedish Police - May 31, 2006

• IFPI Press Release: Germany Launches Biggest Legal Action Against Illegal File-Sharers - May 23, 2006

• IFPI Press Release: Illegal Music File-Sharers Targeted by Legal Action - April 4, 2006

• MPA & IFPI Commit to Enhanced Copyright Protection in Latin America - February 15, 2006

• Judge Gives KAZAA Final Warning - November 24, 2005

• Biggest Wave of Actions Yet Announced Against Illegal File-Sharing - November 15, 2005

• Grokster Downloading Service Shuts Down - November 7, 2005

• IFPI Welcomes Landmark Conviction of Taiwan File-Sharing Service Kuro - September 9, 2005

• KAZAA is Ruled Illegal: IFPI Hails Judgement - September 5, 2005

• IFPI Tracks Unauthorized Depeche Mode Pre-Release Download to Poland - August 18, 2005

• IFPI Press Release: Legal Downloads Triple; File-Sharers Take Heed - July 21, 2005

• IFPI Statement on MGM v. Grokster, US Supreme Court Ruling - June 27, 2005

• IFPI Press Release: IFPI Launches Commercial Piracy Report 2005 - June 23, 2005

• IFPI Press release - New Campaign Helps Parents Guide Children About Music on the Internet - June 8, 2005

• IFPI Press Release: Weblisten Closed by Spanish Court - June 1, 2005

• RIAA Expands Scope of Illegal File-Sharing Lawsuits Against Student Abusers of Internet2 - May 26, 2005

• RIAA Commends NYPD on Anti-Piracy Actions - May 20, 2005

• RIAA Targets CD Piracy at Retail Outlets - May 12, 2005

• IFPI Report Sees the Digital Music Market Taking Off in 2005 - January 19, 2005

• Music Pirate Sales Hit Record 1.1 Billion Discs but Spread of Fake CD Trade Slows - July 22, 2004

• International Recording Industry Hails Lengthy Prison Term for International Music Bootlegger - July 9, 2004

• Brazil's Endemic Piracy Problem: New report - June 30, 2004

• Recording Industry Shows First Results of International Campaign Against Illegal File-sharing - June 8, 2004

• Summary Of The Legitimate Online Music Market - June 4, 2004

• IFPI: Global Music Sales Fall by 7.6% in 2003 - April 7, 2004

• RIAA: NYPD, Queens D.A. Uncover One of the Largest Pirate Music Operations in Northeast - Six Arrested - March 26, 2004

• IFPI Online Music Report Press Release - January 22, 2004

• RIAA: New Wave of Record Industry Lawsuits - January 21, 2004

• RIAA Anti-Piracy Siezure Information - January 16, 2004

• IFPI Response to Netherlands Supreme Court Judgement on KAZAA - December 19, 2003

• RIAA Hails First Ever Civil Prosecution of Swap Meet Owner - December 23, 2003

• Recording Industry Interim Sales Report 2003 - October 1, 2003

• Germany Launches First National Pro-Music Website - August 14, 2003

• Recording Industry for First Time Names top 10 Priority Countries - July 10, 2003

• RIAA Anti-Piracy Siezure Information - May 17, 2003

• RIAA Anti-Piracy Siezure Information - April 21, 2003

• RIAA Anti-Piracy Siezure Information - March 3, 2003

• RIAA Anti-Piracy Siezure Information - January 16, 2003

• Stolen Beatles Treasures Recovered in Police Anti-Piracy Swoop - January 10, 2003

• Previous events

Note: We highlight similar news in our informative quarterly report, the GrayZone Digest. Previous issues are also available in the news archive for your reference.

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