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  • The method behind the madness of 'music piracy' litigation

    Major record companies - fronted by Music Industry Piracy Investigations - have spent the year litigating against select individuals and organisations perceived to be involved in pirating music. Since this is unlikely to actually increase CD sales, what are the record companies trying to achieve?

  • Australian music industry laid back over piracy

    A survey of 200 music industry professionals has revealed a surprisingly relaxed attitude within the industry towards copyright-infringing acts such as illegal file-sharing.

  • 'Unprecedented' Australian music piracy case hits court

    Lawyers for music industry players claimed Stephen Cooper received "hundreds of millions of hits" per year to his allegedly illegal music download site, "mp3s4free", as the long-awaited court case against the retired policeman kicked off at the Federal Court in Sydney today.

  • Piracy "take down" talks continue without ARIA

    Despite the official withdrawal of ARIA from talks with the IIA, other organisations representing copyright owners are continuing the talks, believing them vital to the regulation of piracy on the Internet.

  • ARIA backs workplace piracy crackdown

    ARIA has voiced its support for a brochure set to go out to companies that warns of the dangers of Internet piracy and urges companies to crack down on work-place copyright infringement.

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  • Do you copy? Over and out.

    Last week saw two legal wins for copyright owners in their battle against piracy, but raised questions of whether large corporations are playing fair in the marketplace. If they're so keen on globalisation and having a 'level playing field', lets see them walk the walk themselves.

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