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Press releases

2011

• NEW MIPI announces new General Manager - 6 September 2011 

2010

• Australian industry leaders stand in support of AFP anti-piracy measures - 14 September 2010 
• Aussie students set to rock - 3 May 2010 
• CD pirate fined thousands for Serbian discs - 5 March 2010 
• Police shut down one of Australia's largest illegal music burning operations in Melbourne - 4 February 2010 
• IFPI Digital Music Report 2010 released tdoay - 21 January 2010 

2009

• Judge jails music pirate and warns: respect artists' livelihood - 9 September 2009 
• Victoria Police seize 15,000 discs in piracy raids - 31 August 2009 
• Judge jails music and movie pirate - 24 August 2009 

2008

• Sydney market vendor arrested again for selling counterfeit music and movies - 18 December 2008 
• NSW Police smash Australia's largest ever commercial piracy manufacturing ring - 3 December 2008 
• New MIPI Acting General Manager Announced - 2 December 2008 
• AFP raid on Sydney CBD internet cafe results in $82,000 fine and forfeiture of thousands of dollars of computer equipment - 26 November 2008 
• Police raid 'Trash & Treasure' pirates - 23 November 2008 
• 16-year-old pens winning entry on illegal file sharing in ACMF National Songwriting Competition - 12 November 2008 
• Victoria Police swoop on systemic market piracy - 10 November 2008 
• Police gatecrash "members only" pirate operation - 1 November 2008 
• Victorian Police pull the plug on third player in national piracy syndicate - 25 September 2008 
• Internet pirate caught in police net - again - 4 September 2008 
• Victoria police nab pensioner pirate - 15 August 2008 
• Music and video industry associations welcome ACTA discussions for increased international cooperation to address piracy - 31 July 2008 
• Consumers beware of fakes - Victorian marketeer busted - 9 July 2008 
• Codes of Conduct set to level the playing field in the karaoke and jukebox industries - 1 July 2008 
• Friday 13th bad luck strikes Sydney pirates - 16 June 2008 
• Rock n' learn respect for creativity - 29 May 2008
• Victorian Police hook music pirate red handed - 8 May 2008 
• National songwriting competition encourages students to consider the ethics of illegal downloading - 6 May 2008 
• Sydney shop owner fined $20,000 for illegal music and movie imports - 29 April 2008 
• Aussie stars open up about creating music in a changing world - 28 April 2008 
• NSW Police rein in rip-offs at market in Sydney's west - 24 April 2008 
• AFP busts international music piracy ring - 22 April 2008 
• Australia participates in global music download education campaign for parents and teachers - 13 April 2008 
• Back-to-back music piracy raids in Victoria - 4 April 2008 
• First strike in Operation "Rein in the Rip Offs" - Huge haul of pirate music - 3 April 2008 
• No excuse for pirate DJs - 13 March 2008 
• Ballina movie pirates stripped of burning equipment and fined $9,000 - 26 February 2008 
• The Pirate Bay charged in Sweden - 1 February 2008 
• Victorian Police congratulated on biggest pirate disc seizure in Australia - 23 January 2008 
• Internet cafes targeted for music piracy - 22 January 2008 

2007

• MIPI supports budding filmmakers through Sony Tropfest & Trop Jr 08 - 15 November 2007 
• Police raid another pirate Croatian music seller - 13 November 2007 
• Asian music and movie importer raided in Sydney - 24 October 2007 
• Raid of pirate country music seller - 10 October 2007 
• MIPI supports budding singer songwriters through Fretfest - 5 September 2007 
• Illegal piracy websites shut down in joint police and industry operation - 31 August 2007 
• Pirate Croatian CDs seized in Melbourne - 24 August 2007 
• Record store raided in Melbourne - 21 June 2007 
• Bankstown markets raided by MIPI and NSW Police - 18 June 2007 
• High Court refuses Cooper Appeal - 15 June 2007 
• MIPI supports Rock the Schools 07 - an education in rock and roll - 14 June 2007 
• MIPI & BSA welcome Federal Government Funding to fight pirates - 15 May 2007 
• Young People, Music and the Internet - 29 March 2007 
• Tip-off closes down pirate website in coastal town - 21 March 2007 
• Crack down on karaoke piracy - 12 March 2007 
• 20,000 pirate DVDs seized in Sydney - 27 February 2007 
• Market seller fined $22,000 for music piracy - 13 February 2007 

2006

• Record Companies win copyright appeal - 18 December 2006 
• Are you a pirate? Find out on the new MIPI website - 9 October 2006 
• "Real" tones misleading the public - 9 October 2006 
• ABBAMAIL.COM - 15 August 2006 
• MIPI Supports Rock the Schools, An Education in Rock & Roll - 3 August 2006 
• Australian Recording Industry Announces Historic Global Pay-Out from Kazaa - 27 July 2006 
• Proposed Changes to Copyright Law - 15 May 2006 

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