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Encyclopedia > British Phonographic Industry

The British Phonographic Industry was founded in 1973 to represent the interests of British music companies and to fight the growing problem of music piracy.


BPI Council

  • Peter Jamieson - BPI Executive Chairman
  • Mike Batt - Dramatico Entertainment
  • Paul Birch - Revolver Music
  • Joe Cokell - Sanctuary Recorded Music Worldwide
  • John Craig - First Night Records
  • Clive Fisher - Universal Music UK
  • Alasdair George - Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • David Joseph - Polydor Records
  • Jeremy Lascelles - Chrysalis Group
  • Korda Marshall - Warner Bros Records UK
  • Nick Phillips - Warner Music UK
  • Mark Richardson - Independiente
  • David Steele - V2
  • Rob Stringer - Sony BMG Music Entertainment
  • Tony Wadsworth - EMI Recorded Music UK & Ireland
  • Pete Waterman - PWL Empire
  • Keith Wozencroft - Capitol Music UK

Universal Music Group (UMG) is the largest major label in the record industry, with a 23% market share. ... Bertelsmann is a transnational media corporation founded in 1835, based in G tersloh, Germany. ... Polydor Records is a record label once headquartered in Germany. ... Chrysalis Group is a UK media company with music, publishing and radio divisions. ... Warner Music Group is one of the Big Four record labels. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Hammersmith in London, in the United Kingdom. ...

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Slyck News - BPI Changes Tune (480 words)
The music industry is partial to finger pointing when sales are on the downfall, but now sales are on the up.
British Phonographic Industry (BPI) Chairman, Peter Jamieson said, "For years we've read stories about the death of the single.
It is now the job of the industry to continue to listen to file sharers.
P2P-Zone - Court threat to UK P2P'ers (219 words)
The UK's record industry has issued illegal music downloaders with a warning that they must stop pirating music or face action in the courts.
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) has said 7.4 million people in the UK are swapping songs online illegally.
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is threatening to sue individual music fans who swap song files over the internet.
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