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Music piracy is headline news. The confidential nature of our business means that we cannot disclose details about specific cases and our involvement. But stories featured in press cuttings speak for themselves.

If you are a UK journalist wanting quotes and more information about music piracy, please contact the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

EU Taps into Coffers to Fight Piracy
The counterfeit goods trade in the EU is estimated to be worth around €400 billion ($501 billion) annually, with DVDs, CDs and cassettes representing about a third of all items seized by EU authorities. Thailand is recognized as the biggest supplier to Europe of the pirated DVD's, CDs and cassettes during this period, accounting for 18% of the seizures, followed by Malaysia (14%), Pakistan (13%) and China (8%). Billboard Research - 18th July 2006

LATEST NEWS FROM 2003

•	17 Aug - Federal government takes aim at music piracy
•	10 Aug - National Crackdown on fake goods.
•	09 Aug - Woman accused of music piracy.
•	04 Aug - Arrests in piracy crackdown raids.
•	02 Aug - Long-awaited Doom 3 leaked online
•	30 Jul - DJs ordered to pay in music piracy case
•	23 Jul - Gobal CD Piracy Tops $4.5 billion.
•	21 Jul - Films 'fuel online file-sharing'
•	21 Jul - School joins Napster for fee-based music.
•	15 Jul - Fee-based web music hits Asia
•	01 Jul - Singing a happy tune: Why the music industry is upbeat.
•	28 Jun - Music CD has become big hit.
•	25 Jun - TRAP, merchandise protection
•	25 Jun - Why imitation is not always falttering.
•	18 Jun - Music firms hopeful of EU backing
•	07 Jun - Apple iTunes 'set for UK launch'
•	03 Jun - Hit for crackdown on music piracy
•	01 Jun - Thieving people is easy
•	27 May - Online music plays a new tune
•	24 May - EMI sees some progress in containing music piracy
•	11 May - Inside the Kazaa raid.
•	06 May - Another weapon in the music piracy war.
•	28 Apr - Music piracy bill protects intellectual property rights.
•	23 Apr - Global piracy purge nets 200 PC's
•	19 Apr - Christian teens stealing music
•	15 Apr - Singer Sophie B. Hawkins wins piracy case.
•	14 Apr - US music sales recovery continues.
•	24 Mar - David Bowie bonds fall to earth
•	22 Mar - IFPI steps up intensive wolrdwide campaign.
•	15 Mar - Tax Police crack down on Music Piracy
•	11 Mar - 'Hollywood Robbery' Time Magazine highlights film piracy
•	04 Mar - Online piracy 'devastates' music.
•	01 Mar - 'Digital watermarking' to detect audio piracy
•	20 Feb - FBI weighs into anti-piracy fight.
•	16 Feb - Canada: music piracy v internet privacy.
•	06 Feb - MIPI makes piracy sweep.
•	3 Feb - US lost $116m to video, music priacy in Phillipines
•	28 -Jan - Napster blames red tape for growing music piracy.
•	22 Jan - Recording Industry is accusing 532 people of Music Piracy
•	19 Jan - Media should fight music piracy
•	12 Jan - Piracy beast no easy slay
•	09 Jan - US chides South Korea for movie, music piracy
•	05 Jan - Gadgets 'new must-have of 2004' - music boss
•	10 Dec - Music Industry Hires Offical for Piracy Fight
•	05 Dec - Recording Academy hoping to combat music piracy with ad campaign
•	01 Dec - Internet music piracy 'won't be wiped out'.
•	18 Nov - Two given suspended sentences over music piracy
•	17 Nov - Man held in $50m music piracy case
•	06 Nov - Digital TV flags 'will not stop piracy'
•	04 Nov - More RIAA Music Piracy Lawsuits
•	02 Nov - Record Industry files four lawsuits against Arizona based web sites
•	21 Oct - ISP taken in court in music piracy case
•	20 Oct - RIAA renews blizzard of litigation threats
•	16 Oct - Pirated CD's fuel terror outfits
•	14 Oct - Dont torch musicians' incomes, burn music piracy
•	13 Oct - Music Industry, file sharing groups clash
•	09 Oct - Student easily copies 'protected' music.
•	6 Oct - IFPI to assemble music industry leaders
•	30 Sep - Settlements reached in 52 music piracy cases
•	30 Sep - Travis: Music Piracy is 'brilliant'
•	24 Sep - US firm hopes anti-piracy CD will rock blackmarket
•	23 Sep - Songwriters lobby lawmakers to stop online music piracy
•	14 Sep - BPI & the Pirates
•	11 Sep - Music firms claim public backing
•	05 Sep - Song swappers amnesty 'expected'
•	04 Sep - EMI boss defends music industry
•	03 Sep - Making the 'Illegal Legal'
•	30 Aug - Music industry unveils tracking methods
•	29 Aug - US brings film piracy fight to UK
•	21 Aug - Lawsuit threats seen curbing online music piracy
•	17 Aug - Music's saviour?
•	14 Aug - Download battle reaches Europe
•	13 Aug - RIAA Vows to continue Piracy Campaign
•	11 Aug - Setback for pop-swapping fight
•	17 Jul - Music piracy probe stepped up
•	11 Jul - Record firms sue Puretones
•	10 Jul - CD piracy still burning music industry
•	10 Jul - Global sales of pirate music CD's top 1 billion
•	09 Jul - File swappers 'buy more music'
•	02 Jul - Spotlight turned on UK music
•	30 Jun - Sony USA CEO sees glimmers of hope in music sector
•	26 Jun - Music labels hunt net 'pirates'.
•	16 Jun - Bootleg violator receives 8 months.
•	05 Jun - Russia seen overtaking China in music piracy
•	1 June - Putting a trace on copyrighted booty
•	29 May - Matrix downloaded
•	21 May - Music industry goes on web offensive
•	25 Apr - Super Furries album leaked
•	Germany targets music 'pirates'
•	'Apple tunes out the pirates'
•	Rolling Stones head Top 50 bootlegged artists in the UK (BPI web site)
•	Madrid website tests downloading legality
•	Italy cracks down on cd piracy
•	The White Stripes release album early to avoid Internet leaks

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