Center-left British newspaper The Guardian reports that the Swedish music industry revenues have increased during the first nine months of this year by 18%. The lion's share of this growth was due to the period after the first of April, and representatives of British record companies have no doubt why it happened when the Scandinavians began to buy CDs and soundtracks, while the previous seven years they were buying less and less.
First of all, from the beginning of April in Sweden came into force on the EU directive on enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR Enforcement Directive, IPRED PDF), several days later, the creator torrent tracker The Pirate Bay has lost the consortium of the process of copyright owners operating under the chairmanship of the organization of IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry). Pirate Bay owners have been sentenced to imprisonment and to pay compensation for abetting in violation of copyright. The verdict is not final, but in mid-April the Swedish music industry has observed an increase in legal downloads of audio files. Raised by the "Guardian" 18% increase in revenue due to increased sales of music in digital form by 80% and 9% growth in sales of physical media.
Ludvig Werner, Chairman of the Swedish branch of the IFPI, believes that the Directive IPRED and judicial disaster "pirates" might not have changed the way people perceive copyright infringement - but it certainly altered the behavior of Internet users. "It's just like riding with a fast car. Set the camera on the roads, and people take off their leg of the gas. Even if not changed their minds about the speeding, it probably does not want to be caught and choose the binding behavior of breaking the rules" - says Werner.
Growing sales of music with the Scandinavians is important from the standpoint of British record companies. Last week, ministers of the economy - Peter Mandelson - and culture (Ben Bradshaw) introduced a bill designed to improve the enforcement of copyright on the Internet. The document contains, inter alia, provision for a graduated response to violations of the law as a result of file sharing and financial penalties imposed on individuals who illegally disseminating protected works.
First of all, from the beginning of April in Sweden came into force on the EU directive on enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR Enforcement Directive, IPRED PDF), several days later, the creator torrent tracker The Pirate Bay has lost the consortium of the process of copyright owners operating under the chairmanship of the organization of IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry). Pirate Bay owners have been sentenced to imprisonment and to pay compensation for abetting in violation of copyright. The verdict is not final, but in mid-April the Swedish music industry has observed an increase in legal downloads of audio files. Raised by the "Guardian" 18% increase in revenue due to increased sales of music in digital form by 80% and 9% growth in sales of physical media.
Ludvig Werner, Chairman of the Swedish branch of the IFPI, believes that the Directive IPRED and judicial disaster "pirates" might not have changed the way people perceive copyright infringement - but it certainly altered the behavior of Internet users. "It's just like riding with a fast car. Set the camera on the roads, and people take off their leg of the gas. Even if not changed their minds about the speeding, it probably does not want to be caught and choose the binding behavior of breaking the rules" - says Werner.
Growing sales of music with the Scandinavians is important from the standpoint of British record companies. Last week, ministers of the economy - Peter Mandelson - and culture (Ben Bradshaw) introduced a bill designed to improve the enforcement of copyright on the Internet. The document contains, inter alia, provision for a graduated response to violations of the law as a result of file sharing and financial penalties imposed on individuals who illegally disseminating protected works.
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