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Pirated audiobook seller jailed - Thursday, November 20, 2008

A man who sold counterfeit audiobooks, including the best-selling Harry Potter stories, has been jailed for 21 months….It is estimated his fake audiobooks resulted in a retail loss to the publishing industry of over £1m.

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Increase in fake antivirus products - Sunday, October 05, 2008

Panda Security announced that Adware increased more than any other type of malware during the third quarter of the year with fake anti-virus offerings a major reason for the increase.

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Toronto police bust counterfeit DVD operation - Thursday, November 29, 2007
Toronto police say they have shut down a sophisticated illegal DVD operation that was copying and distributing thousands of pirated movies, including some still being shown in theatres.
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Pirated-video detection software has been developed by KDDI in Japan. - Monday, October 29, 2007

They claim that they can detect illegal material with a 98% success rate.

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F.B.I. and Chinese seize $500 Million of counterfeit software - Wednesday, July 25, 2007
The F.B.I. said Tuesday that a joint effort with the Chinese authorities had led to the arrest of 25 people and the seizing of more than $500 million worth of counterfeit Microsoft and Symantec software that was being made in China and distributed worldwide.
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Probably about 35% of all the CDs sold around the world are illegal or pirated.
- Mike Smith, Managing Director, Columbia Label Group, Sony. New Statesman, Counterfeit Culture, 22 May 2006 p.11.

An estimated 200 million illegal CDs come out of Poland annually.
- INTA Anticounterfeiting Forum (2005) Parallel imports: what lurks beneath the surface?

Illegal music sales were an estimated $4.5 billion business worldwide in 2003.
- International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFIP)

This operation was not your so-called back bedroom scam, but a major pirate manufacturing facility. Its potential output was staggering.
- Michael Rawlinson, deputy director general of the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association in a report: Major counterfeiting scam cracked, BBC News, 10 Feb 2006. 

The pirate DVDs were believed to be worth more than £500,000, and included copies of current cinema releases like The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Munich and Memoirs of a Geisha.
- Three charged over fake DVD haul, BBC News, 2 Feb 2006

  
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British Music Rights was established in 1996 to speak on behalf of the UK’s vibrant and diverse songwriting, composing and music publishing community. Our four member organisations are: the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), the Music Publishers Association (MPA) and the Performing Right Society (PRS). We act as a single consensus voice for more than 50,000 composers, songwriters, music publishers, and their UK collecting societies, representing them where appropriate to Government, the media, industry and the public.

British Phonographic Industry highlights not only the issue of digital music piracy, but also the production of fake physical products such as CD and DVD media (known as ‘commercial piracy’). The retail value of commercial piracy in the UK, at pirate prices, was estimated to be nearly £77 million in 2004, growing 37% in value, and 31% in volume from the previous year. Interestingly, the UK has one of the lowest rates of music piracy in the world. The global pirate music market is estimated to be US$4.6 billion, with 1 in 3 music disks sold worldwide being an illegal copy, and the sale of pirated music exceeding the legitimate market in 31 countries during 2004! More information is available at the International Phonographic Industry (IPI)

British Video Association was established in 1980 to represent the interests of publishers and rights owners of pre-recorded home entertainment on video. Their members account for 90% of a growing industry with a retail value of £1.99 billion. They include video divisions of film studios and television companies, independent video labels and manufacturers and wholesalers of packaged media. The BVA is a member of the Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy.

Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) is a UK trade organisation formed specifically to act as a forum for the retail and wholesale sectors of the music, video, DVD and Multimedia products industry. It was formed in 1988 by a group of record dealers - independents, multiples and wholesalers who saw the need to initiate constructive dialogue between dealers, the record companies and their trade body, the BPI (British Phonographic Industry). ERA has established links with other industry Association and governmental departments as a respected voice within the industry.

Federation Against Copyright Theft was established in 1983 to protect the UK’s film and broadcasting industry against counterfeiting, copyright and trademark infringements. FACT works closely across the UK with Police services, Trading Standards, HM Revenue & Customs, and most recently with the Department for Work and Pensions. FACT has a close association with other enforcement bodies such as the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) and the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA). It also ensures that the government and the public understand the threat to the UK’s film and television industry and to the community at large from the growing threat of DVD and online piracy.

International Phonographic Industry (IFPI) represents the recording industry worldwide, with a membership comprising some 1400 record companies in 75 countries and affiliated industry associations in 49 countries. IFPI's mission is to promote the value of recorded music, safeguard the rights of record producers and expand the commercial uses of recorded music in all markets where its members operate.

Their website has a section that is specifically designed to assist IFPI investigators and regional anti-piracy coordinators, national groups and law enforcement personnel in the investigation of music piracy worldwide. They also have a downloadable guide to recognising pirate music products.

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) was founded in 1922 as the trade association of the American film industry; the MPAA has broadened its mandate over the years to reflect the diversity of an ever-changing and expanding industry. The Association advocates strong protection of the creative works produced and distributed by the industry, fights copyright theft around the world, and provides leadership in meeting new and emerging industry challenges.

Recording Industry Association (Singapore) was formed in 1976 as Singapore Phonogram Association. Its objective is to “foster and maintain trade ethics and fair business practices within members of the industry and to serve the industry's voice both locally and internationally”.

Video Standards Council (VSC) was established in 1989 in the response to UK Government concerns about the video industry, and is promoting high standards for video, computer and video games. The VSC represents the whole of the video and games industries and as such is in a position to bring the various different sectors of the industries together to discuss and resolve matters of public concern.
  
 
 
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