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2010
NEW- 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
MIPI rolls out 2009 Piracy Awareness Campaign to Indies - 2 November 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
Australian convicted of running global piracy operation - 13 August 2009
Source of pirated movies and music cut off - 6 July 2009
Public tip off closes down illegal music and movie retailer - 29 May 2009
- 1 May 2009
"Wolverine" & music pirate nabbed outside pub - 27 April 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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