Record labels association the BPI has won two significant new piracy cases, brought by major and independent record companies, confirming for the first time that cyberlockers and stream rippers – and those who use them – break the law.
The two judgments are significant developments and benefit the whole music industry – artists, songwriters, music publishers and record companies large and small, as well as legitimate music streaming services.
Stream ripping and cyberlockers are the music industry’s current biggest piracy threats. They are responsible for part of the £200 million a year that is illegally ripped out of the music industry ecosystem and which could otherwise be helping to boost the legal music streaming economy.