Welcome To MIPI

Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) is an organisation that provides investigative and intellectual property rights enforcement related services to the Australian music industry. MIPI conducts investigative, preventative and educational activities in relation to music piracy in Australia.

 

MIPI acts on behalf of the 125 record companies through their association ARIA and over 1,700 songwriters and music publishers through their association AMCOS.

 

This site is designed to provide you with information about music piracy in Australia.

If you have any information about music piracy, report it.

 

REPORT MUSIC PIRACY ON 1800 06 16 16.

 

 

Quick Links

• Who are we?
• What is copyright?
• Am I a pirate?
• Report piracy
• Fact Sheets
• Educational initiatives
• Internet piracy statistics
• Digital File Check

 

New Links

• Codes of Conduct
• Young People, Music and the Internet
• In Tune short documentary
• Pro-Music
• All Right to Copy? educational resource

Latest News & Anouncements

• Internet pirate caught in police net - again - 4 September 2008
• Victoria Police nab pensioner pirate - 15 August 2008
• Crime Stoppers’ Frank Hardcase Cartoon - music piracy awareness in schools - 14 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
• MiTunes: Insight's download debate - 4 June 2008
• Rock n' learn respect for creativity - 29 May 2008
• Victorian Police hook music pirate red handed - 8 May 2008

 

 

"We sell about 40 per cent less albums than we did three or four years ago because of [illegal] downloading" - John Butler