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Piracy Report
THE RECORDING INDUSTRY 2006

PIRACY REPORT
PROTECTING CREATIVITY IN MUSIC

CONTENTS
03

INTRODUCTION

04

THE MANY FACES OF MUSIC PIRACY
Physical piracy shows no signs of abating
Internet piracy: losses to the industry
New forms of digital piracy

06

TACKLING INTERNET PIRACY – PROMOTING LEGAL SERVICES
Providing new legal services
Enforcement
Education: a job for industry and governments
P2P legal landscape improves
Virus fears surround illegal P2P
The spread of pre-release piracy

09

PHYSICAL PIRACY – THE INDUSTRY TAKES ACTION
New tactics prove successful in Mexico
Mass raids in Brazil
Pirates raided at Dutch record fair
Customs official arrested in Paraguay
Spanish police smash piracy syndicate
Taiwanese pirates tackled
Italy’s anti-terrorist squad seizes pirate CDs
New frontline: bars and restaurants

11

PRIORITY COUNTRIES
Brazil
Canada
China
Greece
Indonesia
Italy
Mexico
Russia
South Korea
Spain

17

SPECIAL FOCUS COUNTRIES
Bulgaria
Pakistan
Taiwan
Ukraine

19

THE CALL TO GOVERNMENTS

THIS REPORT CAN BE DOWNLOADED IN FULL AT NO COST FROM WWW.IFPI.ORG
PIRACY REPORT 2006

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INTRODUCTION
“This report is issued against the backdrop of an unprecedented settlement between the unauthorised p2p operator Kazaa and a large percentage of the music industry. This is an extraordinarily positive development in the global fight against piracy.”
JOHN KENNEDY, CHAIRMAN & CEO, IFPI

TACKLING PIRACY – PROTECTING CREATIVITY IN MUSIC
This report – “Protecting Creativity in Music” – is the most comprehensive and authoritative report on what piracy is doing to the music industry internationally. Yet even as someone who is closely involved with the report, I approach its publication with mixed feelings.
This report performs a very important educational role. It aims to bring home to the public, to the media and to politicians the scale of the problem and the enormity of the challenges
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