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Music download sales double, says BPI
1 in 10 people in the UK download music in 2008 18 May 2009 12:17 GMT
Turns out that alongside the sky-rocketing popularity of illegal download services also comes a doubling in the popularity of legal ones. The BPI has announced that 9.5% of the population bought music downloads in 2008, compared with 5.1% in 2007.

The likely...
Isle of Man could get unlimited music downloads
"We are not going to stop piracy, so let's embrace it" 21 January 2009 15:41 GMT
The Isle of Man's 80,000 residents could get a blanket license for unlimited music downloads.

The scheme, proposed at the Midem music market conference in Cannes, would see the island's residents paying a compulsory tax to internet service providers that would...
MP3-compatible campaign and logo launches
Online music industry's new initiative 4 November 2008 12:11 GMT
Seven of the UK's music download retailers have launched a campaign that identifies music in the MP3 format.

Angled "to help consumers make the most of the growing availability of music in the universally compatible MP3 format", the campaign will get a logo...
Microsoft publishes piracy report
Kids are worst offenders 15 July 2008 13:31 GMT
Microsoft has carried out its very own research on illegal downloads and it seems 11-16-year-olds are amongst the most likely pirates in operation over the Internet today in Britain.

According to the research, "this age group admitted they knew what piracy was...
Warning letters go to 800 Virgin Broadband users
Told off for illegal downloads 3 July 2008 12:01 GMT
It said it was going to crack down on illegal downloads, and Virgin Media has done exactly that sending out warning letters to 800 of its customers.

The letters are part of a 10-week pilot programme run in conjunction with the British Phonographic Industry -...
Virgin Media gets tough on downloads
10-week trial of warnings for file sharers 6 June 2008 12:06 GMT
Virgin Media suggested way back in March that it may adopt a "three strikes and you're out" policy towards internet subscribers who illegal download copyrighted material.

Well the company is now taking action.

From next week, for 10 weeks, customers...
VIDEO: Megawhat news - Carphone Warehouse faces legal threat
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 11 April 2008 20:43 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for our roundup of the biggest stories of the week from the world of gadgets and technology ... and what we think about them.

In the headlines this week - The Carphone Warehouse and BPI square up; Brits grumble over Rock Band pricing;...
EU rejects calls to throw downloaders off the web
Europe says no to record industry calls 11 April 2008 15:34 GMT
Despite increasing pressure from organisations, including the British Phonographic Industry in the UK, EU officials have today rejected plans that would see internet users banned by the ISPs if they are caught illegally downloading copyrighted material.

In a...
VIDEO: Megawhat news - Yahoo and Microsoft declare war
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 8 April 2008 19:46 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines this week - Yahoo and Microsoft - the gloves come off; The Carphone Warehouse faces legal action; The Wii Fit sells out ... and it hasn't...
BPI threatens Carphone Warehouse
14-day deadline set for "three strikes" compliance 7 April 2008 15:28 GMT
Carphone Warehouse has been threatened with an injunction by the BPI unless it agrees to controversial plans to "crack down" on customers who download music illegally.

The Carphone Warehouse, with the TalkTalk branded broadband service had spoken out against...
VIDEO: Megawhat news - Microsoft makes Windows Mobile announcement
Catch up with the tech news web tv show 1 April 2008 21:45 GMT
Switch on Megawhat TV now for the biggest stories of the day from the world of gadgets and technology.

In the headlines this week - a big announcement for Windows Mobile; Virgin Media gets tough on pirating; Mozilla marks a decade of developing; Google Docs...
Virgin Media in talks with BPI over illegal downloaders
"Three strikes" policy to possibly be introduced 31 March 2008 14:29 GMT
Internet service provider Virgin Media could soon implement a "three strikes" system against illegal downloaders and filesharers in partnership with the record industry, reports The Register.

The cable company is apparently in talks with the BPI to trial a...
CD Wow! goes into receivership, offered for sale
Online retailer forced to close after £41m BPI damages 2 August 2007 11:38 GMT
MCV is reporting that online retailer CD Wow! famous for selling cut price CDs, DVDs and games has gone into receivership.

Apparently the Hong Kong-based company is currently seeking "expressions of interest" for its assets and business.

The parent...
BPI demands that two ISPs ban music file-sharing addresses
Fifty-nine addresses to be reviewed by the ISPs 10 July 2006 15:04 GMT
The BPI is going after illegal file-sharers by putting pressure on internet service providers to ban accounts that are being used to swap copyrighted songs.

The music industry's association wants Cable & Wireless and Tiscali to suspend 59 accounts that have been...
BPI to sue Russian website AllofMP3.com
The institute maintains the site is illegal in the UK 3 July 2006 14:29 GMT
The BPI has received permission to sue the Russian downloading website Allofmp3.com in a British court.

The recording industry body had declared intentions to take the site to court in an presentation about DRM to the House of Commons.

Now the institute...
BPI to sue Allofmp3.com and calls for Apple to open iTunes
BPI goes after the Russian download site 7 June 2006 12:00 GMT
The British record industry's trade association, the BPI, made a presentation outlining its future plans and vision, which include suing Allofmp3.com, to MPs yesterday.

General counsel Roz Groome told the House of Commons Select Committee for Culture, Media, and...
Music Downloads reach 200millon worldwide
19 January 2005 19:07 GMT
Once the bain of the music industry, the tables have been turned as legal download sites announce a combined 200 million legal downloads across the globe.

New figures published today show a ten-fold increase in downloads of legal music compared to figures published...
Is the CD single dead?
7 January 2005 13:38 GMT
According to the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) sales of legal downloads actually eclipsed physical singles sales in the last week of 2004.

The best week for download sales yet, with more than 312,000 sold compared to 282,000 physical singles sold in the...