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Comment from IFPI on the Hamburg Appeal Court’s decision to uphold its order against hosting provider of YouTube-DL
“We welcome the decision from the Hamburg Appeal Court dismissing the defendant’s appeal in its entirety and confirming the Regional Court’s decision to issue an injunction requiring the defendant to stop hosting the stream ripping software YouTube-dl and also confirming that the defendant was obliged to pay damages.
Read more >Joint high-level statement valuing creation, invention and innovation: re-booting Europe’s potential
A letter signed by a coalition of copyright, patent, and trademark organisations calls on EU policymakers to prioritise intellectual property rights (IPR) as a foundation for fostering innovation, economic resilience, and cultural leadership in Europe. The letter emphasises the need for effective IPR protections to ensure that creators and innovators can thrive in a competitive, […]
Read more >Joint letter from creators and rightholders on the implementation of the EU AI Act
A letter signed by creators and rightsholder organisations calls for a meaningful implementation of the AI Act to enable creators and rightholders to exercise and enforce their rights when it comes to ingesting and copying copyright-protected works for training by AI models. Read the full letter here. Notes to editors: About IFPI IFPI is the […]
Read more >IFPI supports AI Training Statement
IFPI is among over 10,500 initial signatories of the statement, joining a broad range of creative industries and creator rights organisations as well as multi-platinum selling musicians, Nobel-winning authors, Academy Award-winning actors and Oscar-winning composers.
Read more >Adriana Restrepo named in Billboard’s Latin Power Players List 2024
27th September 2024 – Adriana Restrepo, IFPI’s Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean has been named as one of Billboard’s Latin Power Players for 2024. The annual list honours executives across every sector of Latin music. She has been recognised for her work championing labels’ and creators’ rights, and working with governments in the region to create […]
Read more >‘Operation 404’ continues to tackle infringing music services in Brazil and Paraguay
20th September 2024 – Ongoing anti-piracy campaign, ‘Operation 404’ – supported by IFPI – has completed its seventh round of actions, this time tackling infringing music services in Paraguay and Brazil. Operation 404 continues to be one of the largest campaigns of its kind in relation to stopping illegal music services. The latest round of […]
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