IFPI Targets ISPs Who Allow Piracy On Their Networks
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) stated it would move to sue Internet service providers (ISPs) if they continued to allow identified digital music pirates to use their networks. ISPs have been harder to pursue legally than the individual downloaders the IFPI has so far targeted because they can claim they have no knowledge of any piracy occurring on their networks. However, Denmark’s supreme court...
Digital Download Sales Doubled In 2006
Global online music sales nearly doubled in 2006 to about $2 billion, or 10 percent of all sales, but failed to compensate for an overall decline in sales of CDs, the global music industry trade body reported. However, the report revealed that growth in online sales has slowed compared with 2005, when sales nearly tripled to $1.1 billion from $380 million in 2004. Single-track downloads totaled nearly 795 million in 2006, up 89...






