Abstract In recent years, illegal music downloading has become a large focus of the music industry. It has brought a huge drawback to the music industry mostly caused by the great force of MP3. Although more and more people are aware of this issue, there are still others who overlook the negative sides of downloading MP3 and the copyright laws and insist on downloading illegal music files due to it being difficult to trace these …showed first 75 words of 2895 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2895 total…International Federation of the Phonographic Industry(IFPI) 'IFPI Secretariat in London is responsible for co-ordinating international strategies in the key areas of the organisation's work - anti-piracy enforcement, technology, lobbying of governments and representation in international organisations, legal strategies, litigation and public relations. It is also the recording industry's most authoritative source of market research and information, providing a comprehensive range of global industry statistics.' Source: http://www.ifpi.org/site-content/about/mission.html