Anti-piracy crusaders target new solutions. (International).

The worldwide crusade against organised piracy took a further step forward last week when government officials, law enforcement personnel and record company executives from more than 40 countries met to brainstorm new strategies to address the growing problem of CD-R piracy.

Following the opening address from NVPI chairman Rob Stuyt last Wednesday, the keynote speech by attached national customs expert with the EU Commission Christophe Zimmerman set the tone for the three-day annual anti-piracy conference in Amsterdam to focus almost exclusively on the new pirate trends, the scale of the problem and new solutions.

CD-R piracy was highlighted as the fastest-growing type of piracy among organised criminal gangs, with four speakers ...