Piracy Archives

UK music copyright infringement sees slight decline in 2021

11/01/2022

UK music copyright infringement sees a slight decline in 2021 despite a small increase across all content categories according to the Online Copyright Infringement Tracker Survey (11th Wave) conducted by the UK Government’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The report is based on a survey of 5000 nationally representative individuals aged 12+ and 50 in-depth interviews of 16+ adults conducted between 21/03/21 and 24/04/21. This was a time when the UK was in lockdown and consumption […]

Digital Piracy is declining in the EU and UK

16/12/2021

Digital Piracy is declining in the EU and UK according to a recent report by the EU Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO). In Trends in Digital Copyright Infringement in the European Union, the EUIPO’s main finding was that digital piracy is declining for all types of content (TV, Film and Music). Except for a temporary increase in film piracy in the spring of 2020, the decline continued during the COVID pandemic with total piracy falling by […]

BPI wins court victory in Cyberlocker and Stream Piracy cases

06/03/2021

BPI wins court victory in cyberlocker and stream piracy cases in litigation on behalf of the UK record industry. The cases were dealt with following an online hearing at London’s High Court, which ruled that the operators and users of the websites use the services of internet companies (ISPs) to infringe copyright and that therefore the ISPs should block access to them. The infringing uses included providing or linking to a downloadable stream ripping app. Stream […]

EU updates its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List

24/12/2020

EU updates its Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List which was first published last year which ‘names websites and physical marketplaces outside the EU that are reported to engage in, facilitate or benefit from counterfeiting and piracy.’ The Watch List aims to encourage the operators of these marketplaces to prevent intellectual property infringements and inform citizens on the environmental, product safety and other risks of purchasing from these potentially problematic markets. The Watch List has four […]

UK stream ripping increases 1390% in 3 years

19/09/2020

UK stream ripping increases 1390% in 3 years with stream ripping sites now accounting for 80.2% of the 50 most popular music only infringing piracy sites. PRS for Music commissioned a study, ‘Stream-ripping: its role in the UK music piracy landscape three years on’, to look at trends in this particular form of music piracy. The study was conducted by INCOPRO who estimated use in the UK of a sample of 100 of the most […]

Digital piracy is still an issue in Denmark

25/06/2020

Digital piracy is still an issue in Denmark with 40% of 18-29 year olds illegally streaming or downloading digital content over the past 12 months according to a recent study by the Danish Chamber of Commerce. More than one in ten adult Danes have been illegally downloading or streaming digital content over the past 12 months. The analysis showed that a third of adult Danes do not disapprove of illegal streaming and downloading digital content […]

BPI reported over 500 million illegal music links to Google

12/03/2020

BPI reported over 500 million illegal music links to Google to Google with a request to remove them from the search engine’s listings. This was done as part of BPI’s mission to protect the UK music industry from the activities of illegal music sites which cost them an estimated £150 million a year in lost revenue. The BPI passed the milestone of the 500 millionth URL submitted to Google for delisting on behalf of UK artists and labels. The BPI […]