The wave of action is being carried out by the industry’s top lobby group, the International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), and involves 2,100 legal cases in Europe, Asia and, for the first time, South America.
Singapore Police Force spokesman Inspector Mohd Razif said it received a complaint yesterday (Nov 14) from the Record Industry Association of Singapore (Rias) — the local arm of IFPI — about the 33 users.
They allegedly shared music files online — a criminal offence under the Copyright Act — and police are carrying out an investigation.
Rias provided police with the Internet Procotol (IP) addresses of the 33 Singapore users.
