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>[21.ago.05] Copyright
- Swiss to fight online piracy
Source: CDFREAKS.COM
The Swiss music industry says internet piracy is costing
the sector millions of francs each year and increasing
its efforts to stamp it out. But tracing the perpetrators
who infringe the copyright laws is no easy matter. It
takes just a few mouse clicks upload or download music
to and from the internet and there are many websites
offering these services. The practice is proving popular
among music fans, while the music industry maintains
that it is contributing to declining music sales.
A 15 per cent drop in music
sales in Switzerland was recorded in 2003, according
to the Swiss Anti-Piracy Federation (SAFE). And last
year the global music industry announced a 7.6 per cent
fall in sales in 2003, the steepest decline since the
arrival of the compact disc. SAFE has now appointed
inspectors to track down websites or users who are breaking
Swiss copyright law.
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