Breaking News Events 1996 - 2002
- RIAA Anti-Piracy Seizure Information - December 15, 2002
- European Commision Shows 349% Rise in Pirate Disc Seizures: Links with Serious Crime and Terrorism - July 26, 2002
- Global Report Shows Disc Piracy 50% Up Despite Sharp Increase In Enforcement Actions - June 11, 2002
- Global Music Sales Down 5% in 2001 - April 16, 2002
- Record Industry Hails Breakthrough For WIPO Phonograms Treaty - February 21, 2002
- Music Disc Piracy Leapt 25% in 2000; Recording Industry Acts Against Piracy on the Internet - June 12, 2001
- Music Copyright Holders Offered Songbird, The First International, Publicly Available Napster Search Tool - May 9, 2001
- Record Industry Helps Bust Counterfeit Ring - March 15, 2001
- International Recording Industry Welcomes U.S. Trade Action on Ukraine - March 13, 2001
- Statement By Jay Berman on Today's Napster Decision - February 12, 2001
- British Courts Punish Sophisticated Russian Credit Card and Pirate CD Ring - February 02, 2001
- Music Industry Applauds Police Crackdown on Russian Credit Card Fraud and Pirate CD Ring - January 12, 2001
- Eastern Europe Brings Pirate CDs for Christmas - December 21, 2000
- Music Piracy Tops 500 Million Discs, Proliferates on the Internet - June 14, 2000
- Record Industry Hails Ukraine Anti-Piracy Measures Agreed with US Government - June 6, 2000
- Irish Superstars The Corrs To Speak for European Artists and to Attend 3rd Platinum Europe Awards - May 2, 2000
- International Music Industry Urges US Trade Action on Italy Over Suspended Anti-Piracy Law - April 14, 2000
- Italy on Front Line of New High-Tech Piracy Threat - March 31, 2000
- Recording Industry Calls for New Anti-Piracy Partnership with Government Enforcement Authorities - March 21, 2000
- Court Hands Out Biggest Ever CD Pirate Fine For Dutch Gang - March 9, 2000
- International Record Industry Hails Major UK Crackdown on Russian Pirate CD Imports - January 27, 2000
- Recording Industry Hails Europe's First Criminal Judgement Against Internet Piracy - December 8, 1999
- Ebay Sued Over Alleged Listings Of Bootleg Recordings - November 17,1999
- Recording Industry Aims Global Crackdown on Internet Pirates - October 28, 1999
- SDMI Announces Standard for New Portable Devices - June 28, 1999
- Finland Urged to Pioneer Legal EU Internet Music Market and Lead Fight Against Piracy - June 18, 1999
- Music Industry Sees Global Pirate CD Traffic Up 20% - June 10, 1999
- Record Industry Hails Italian Crackdown on Mafia Piracy Ring - April 8, 1999
- IFPI and BPI Crack Down on Illegal CD Imports into UK - March 24, 1999
- Hong Kong Anti-Piracy Day A Major Success - March 17, 1999
- Hong Kong Anti-Piracy March - March 17, 1999
- Recording Industry Joins Coalition of Copyright Sectors to Launch EU Anti-Piracy Action Plan - March 1, 1999
- Statement by IFPI on the First Reading of the European Parliament on the Proposed Copyright Directive - February 10, 1999
- Artists and Rightholder Groups Urge European Parliament to Support Amendments Tabled by Legal Affairs Committee - February 9, 1999
- EP Legal Committee Takes a Good First Step on Copyright Directive - January 20, 1999
- 400 Recording Artists Ask European MEPS to "Take a Stand For Copyright" - January 19, 1999
- Worldwide Recording Industry Announces Precedent-Setting Initiative to Address New Digital Music Opportunities - December 15, 1998
- International Recording Industry Calls On Europe to Match USA Implementation of WIPO Treaties - November 3, 1998
- Court Decision On Diamond Multimedia's Rio - October 26, 1998
- Global Record Industry Heads Call on UK to Lead Piracy Fight - October 22, 1998
- RIAA Files Action Against Diamond Multimedia Over MP3 Device - October 09, 1998
- IFPI Offers $10,000 Reward in Romanian Piracy Case - August 11, 1998
1997
- Vacco Nabs Bootleg Disc Dealers - July 2, 1996
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