Subject: Ifpi.com and The Pirate Bay - PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL
From: Jo Oliver [mailto:jo.oliver@ifpi.org]
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[mailto:Olivier.Maeterlinck@bvf-ifpi.be] ; Pablo Maspero
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Ricky Fung [mailto:rickceo@ifpihk.org] ; Roberto Piay
[mailto:rpiay@capif.org.ar] ; Roland Paur [mailto:paur@ifpi.at] ;
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[mailto:tim.kuik@anti-piracy.nl] ; Yoichiro Hata [mailto:hata@riaj.com] ;
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victoria.bassetti@emimusic.com [mailto:victoria.bassetti@emimusic.com] ;
stuart.bondell@sonybmg.com [mailto:stuart.bondell@sonybmg.com] ;
Richard.Constant@umusic.com [mailto:Richard.Constant@umusic.com] ;
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[mailto:Deirdre.McDonald@sonybmg.com] ; michael.ostroff@umusic.com
[mailto:michael.ostroff@umusic.com] ; Dan Pickard (Ext)
[mailto:dan.pickard@warnermusic.com] ; paul.robinson@wmg.com
[mailto:paul.robinson@wmg.com] ; csherman@riaa.com
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[mailto:jonathan.sternberg@sonybmg.com] ; nturkewitz@riaa.com
[mailto:nturkewitz@riaa.com] ; John Watson (Ext)
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[mailto:Paul.Gathercole@umusic.com] ; Matthew.gerson@umusic.com
[mailto:Matthew.gerson@umusic.com] ; Richard Gooch
[mailto:Richard.Gooch@ifpi.org] ; hata@riaj.or.jp
[mailto:hata@riaj.or.jp] ; Anne Funch-Jensen
[mailto:Anne.Funch-Jensen@ifpi.org] ; John Kennedy
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[mailto:Eva.Lehnert@ifpi.org] ; Leong May Seey
[mailto:Leong.MaySeey@ifpi.org] ; daniel.mandil@sonybmg.com
[mailto:daniel.mandil@sonybmg.com] ; Juan Luis Marturet
[mailto:jlmarturet@ifpi.org] ; Frances Moore
[mailto:Frances.Moore@ifpi.org] ; Benjamin Ng
[mailto:Benjamin.Ng@ifpi.org] ; Jo Oliver [mailto:jo.oliver@ifpi.org] ;
Gadi Oron [mailto:gadi.oron@ifpi.org] ; Joe Papovich
[mailto:JPapovich@riaa.com] ; jennifer.pariser@sonybmg.com
[mailto:jennifer.pariser@sonybmg.com] ; Shira Perlmutter
[mailto:shira.perlmutter@ifpi.org] ; Igor Pozhitkov
[mailto:Igor.Pozhitkov@ifpi.org] ; Lauri Rechardt
[mailto:Lauri.Rechardt@ifpi.org] ; Olivia Regnier
[mailto:Olivia.Regnier@ifpi.org] ; VSheckler@riaa.com
[mailto:VSheckler@riaa.com] ; Adrian Strain
[mailto:Adrian.Strain@ifpi.org] ; ron.wilcox@sonybmg.com
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[mailto:Adrian.Strain@ifpi.org] ; disiliskiler@mu-yap.org
[mailto:disiliskiler@mu-yap.org] ; Alex Jacob
[mailto:alex.jacob@ifpi.org] ; Anne Funch-Jensen
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[mailto:fgarcia@promusicae.org] ; arto.alaspaa@ifpi.fi
[mailto:arto.alaspaa@ifpi.fi] ; Benjamin Ng
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[mailto:csherman@riaa.com] ; Chantal Savage
[mailto:Chantal.Savage@ifpi.org] ; david@risa.org.za
[mailto:david@risa.org.za] ; ddoyle@ppiltd.com [mailto:ddoyle@ppiltd.com]
; Enzo Mazza [mailto:enzo.mazza@fimi.it] ; esimoes.afp@mail.telepac.pt
[mailto:esimoes.afp@mail.telepac.pt] ; Eva Lehnert
[mailto:Eva.Lehnert@ifpi.org] ; fhernandez@amprofon.com.mx
[mailto:fhernandez@amprofon.com.mx] ; Frances Moore
[mailto:Frances.Moore@ifpi.org] ; Francine Cunningham
[mailto:Francine.Cunningham@ifpi.org] ; fnieto@ifpichile.cl
[mailto:fnieto@ifpichile.cl] ; Gabriela Lopes
[mailto:Gabriela.Lopes@ifpi.org] ; Gadi Oron [mailto:gadi.oron@ifpi.org]
; brobertson@cria.ca [mailto:brobertson@cria.ca] ; ghenderson@cria.ca
[mailto:ghenderson@cria.ca] ; gunnargu@islandia.is
[mailto:gunnargu@islandia.is] ; gpalacio@andi.com.co
[mailto:gpalacio@andi.com.co] ; henrietta.plechovova@ifpi.sk
[mailto:henrietta.plechovova@ifpi.sk] ; herve.rony@snepmusique.com
[mailto:herve.rony@snepmusique.com] ; hrvoje.markulj@hdu.hr
[mailto:hrvoje.markulj@hdu.hr] ; sheffer@ifpi.co.il
[mailto:sheffer@ifpi.co.il] ; Jeremy Banks [mailto:Jeremy.Banks@ifpi.org]
; Jo Oliver [mailto:jo.oliver@ifpi.org] ; jos@jschluter.com
[mailto:jos@jschluter.com] ; Juan Luis Marturet
[mailto:jlmarturet@ifpi.org] ; Julie Harari West
[mailto:julie.west@ifpi.org] ; medwenitsch@ifpi.at
[mailto:medwenitsch@ifpi.at] ; musingeragnes@mahasz.hu
[mailto:musingeragnes@mahasz.hu] ; Pozhitkov Igor
[mailto:igor.pozhitkov@ifpi.ru] ; Kenneth Doroshow
[mailto:KDoroshow@RIAA.Com] ; lars.gustafsson@ifpi.se
[mailto:lars.gustafsson@ifpi.se] ; Laura Childs
[mailto:laura.childs@ifpi.org] ; leongmayseey@ifpi-asia.com.hk
[mailto:leongmayseey@ifpi-asia.com.hk] ; m.staszewski@zpav.pl
[mailto:m.staszewski@zpav.pl] ; Mari Uueda [mailto:mari@efu.ee] ;
marte.thorsby@ifpi.no [mailto:marte.thorsby@ifpi.no] ;
mohsen.gaber@alamelphan.com [mailto:mohsen.gaber@alamelphan.com] ; Olivia
Regnier [mailto:Olivia.Regnier@ifpi.org] ;
olivier.maeterlinck@bvf-ifpi.be [mailto:olivier.maeterlinck@bvf-ifpi.be]
; tanabe@riaj.or.jp [mailto:tanabe@riaj.or.jp] ;
panos.theofanellis@ifpi.gr [mailto:panos.theofanellis@ifpi.gr] ;
paul.solleveld@nvpi.nl [mailto:paul.solleveld@nvpi.nl] ; Paulo Batimarchi
[mailto:pbatimarchi@ifpi.org] ; paulo.rosa@abpd.org.br
[mailto:paulo.rosa@abpd.org.br] ; info@ifpi.ch [mailto:info@ifpi.ch] ;
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[mailto:zikovska@ifpicr.cz] ; revuemusic1@yahoo.com
[mailto:revuemusic1@yahoo.com] ; Polly Boteva [mailto:office@bamp-bg.org]
; Raul Vazquez [mailto:rv@pro-music.org] ; Richard Sham
[mailto:richard.sham@ifpi-asia.com.hk] ; Richie Kwong
[mailto:richie.kwong@ifpi-asia.com.hk] ; rick@ifpi.org.tw
[mailto:rick@ifpi.org.tw] ; rickceo@ifpihk.org
[mailto:rickceo@ifpihk.org] ; rpiay@capif.org.ar
[mailto:rpiay@capif.org.ar] ; robin@ifpi.org.tw
[mailto:robin@ifpi.org.tw] ; sheindl@mipi.com.au
[mailto:sheindl@mipi.com.au] ; savio@indianmi.org
[mailto:savio@indianmi.org] ; Shira Perlmutter
[mailto:shira.perlmutter@ifpi.org] ; Stefan Krawczyk
[mailto:Stefan.Krawczyk@ifpi.org] ; speach@aria.com.au
[mailto:speach@aria.com.au] ; smarks@riaa.com [mailto:smarks@riaa.com] ;
nftan@rim.org.my [mailto:nftan@rim.org.my] ; Tim Smith
[mailto:Tim.Smith@ifpi.org] ; yesikaprofon@hotmail.com
[mailto:yesikaprofon@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 10:43 AM
Dear all
You may have seen press reports over the last few days about the domain
www.ifpi.com [http://www.ifpi.com].
The domain name appears to be held currently by an individual associated
with The Pirate Bay. The domain name was previously owned by IFPI but
due to an administrative error, it was not renewed and was registered by
an opportunist cyber-squatter who passed it on to Pirate Bay. Pirate Bay
has now announced plans to build a website called “international
federation of pirate interests” at the domain.
IFPI’s litigation team has been in correspondence with the previous owner
of the domain, and a few weeks ago we filed a complaint at WIPO under the
dispute resolution procedure designed for cyber-squatting cases like this
one. We are hopeful of a result from the WIPO procedure soon, and we
will keep you updated.
In the meantime please be aware that the person operating the domain is
also collecting emails that are sent in error to anything@ifpi.com
[mailto:anything@ifpi.com]. You may have seen press reports regarding an
email leak from IFPI – this was a result of an email being sent in error
to an ifpi.com email address and is not indicative of any more serious
problem with email security.
Please let us know if you have questions.
Kind regards.
Jo
Jo Oliver
Vice President, Litigation & Regulatory Affairs
IFPI
10 Piccadilly
London
W1J 0DD
Tel: +44(0)20 7878 7951
Fax: +44(0)20 7878 7950
Email: jo.oliver@ifpi.org [mailto:jo.oliver@ifpi.org]