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Piracy
Music Piracy is a 5 billion dollar worldwide problem. It rears its ugly head everywhere, often completely ruining the livelihoods of performers and people working in the music industry. Ireland, with its rich musical tradition, is also a lucrative market for piracy, with music industry losses running to EURO3.8 million annually, this figure increases to EURO63.5 million when pirated software and videos are included.

Under the Copyright Act and Trademarks Act, warrants or orders can be obtained from the District Court authorizing Gardai to enter premises or vehicles and seize pirated products.

Under the Casual Trading Act, persons selling any products without the appropriate Casual Trading License may have their stock seized without warrant.

IRMA maintains a team of highly experienced investigators, available at all times to assist in the detection, identification and seizure of pirated music cassettes and CDs. They prepare all documentation required when applying to the Courts for warrants and orders. IRMA personnel are accepted by the Courts as experts in the identification of piracy.

With the invaluable help of the Gardai and other government agencies, IRMA will continue to protect the lifeblood of Irish music.

 

 

SID CODE

THE SOURCE IDENTIFICATION CODE


"A four character code that appears on
CD's and identifes the plant that
mastered and/or replicated the CD"

 

mastering - LBR code .....replicating - mould code

 

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What is piracy?
Simple Piracy

Unauthorised duplication of music from legitimate recordings without the permission of rights owners

Counterfeits

Copied and packaged to resemble the original sound recording

  • intending to deceive
Bootleg

Recording. duplicating and selling a live concert or broadcast without permission of the rights' owner

Internet Piracy

Unauthorised use of music via the internet

One in three
recordings
worldwide
is pirate

 

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What is suspicious?


  • poor quality inlay & graphics

  • promos & cover versions
  • no record label

  • low cost
  • SID code obliterated

  • no SID codes

  • incorrect spelling

 

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