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  • Online pirates strike ARIA as record sales climb

    The Australian Record Industry Association has continued to complain about online piracy, despite reporting unit sales increases of 12.8 percent in 2001.

  • ARIA thanks AU government for copyright protection

    The Australian Record Industry Australia has come out in support of the amendments to the Copyright Act, claiming it will improve prosecution of copyright infringements.

  • 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?

  • 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.

  • Music piracy investigators herald AU copyright case

    The head of an Australian music piracy investigations unit has warned that a recent court case in which three young men pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to music piracy has "exploded many of the myths" related to the Internet and 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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