Music industry broadens fight over file sharing
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The International Federation of Phongram and Videogram Producers has launched 2,100 illegal music file sharing cases with plans to further investigate in Scandinavia, Argentina and South East Asia. Illegal music file sharing has cut into music industry profits for the past five years and just under 20,000 people have been prosecuted worldwide. iTunes and Napster Inc. are legitimate online music file sharing services.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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British Sky Broadcasting faces possible sale of some ITV holdings
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The UK's Competition Commission has ruled that British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC must give up a portion or all of its stake in television company ITV PLC after concluding that it restricted competition. BSkyB bought the 17.9% stake in ITV in November 2006.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2007
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BSkyB faces flak from regulators and Virgin Media
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British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC's stake in ITV PLC is being investigated by the British government. The company also faces a protest by Virgin Media, which says it will discontinue BSkyB programming to its cable subscribers unless fees are lowered.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2007
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