(IFPI), which represents the world's music companies, said on Tuesday the new cases were brought in 17 countries, including the first ones ever in Brazil, Mexico and Poland.
illegally downloaded last year in Brazil, the largest market in Latin America. Record company revenue has nearly halved in Brazil since 2000, IFPI said.
downloaded worldwide last year.
The industry has now filed about 18,000 lawsuits in the United States, the largest market for music sales, and 13,000 in the rest of the world.
fans without permission.
parents whose children had been illegally file-sharing. Others a German parson.
The group added that more than 2,300 people had already material with an average payout of 2,420 euros ( 3,034).
John Kennedy, chairman and chief executive of IFPI, told progress, although he said the fight against online piracy would be an ongoing battle.
the results to keep on going," he said via the telephone from a trip to Brazil. "It will never go away completely.
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services.
very expensive, he said the music industry had benefited from long-time antagonist Kazaa, one of the world's best known up the online world," he said. "Legal offerings will only them succeeding.
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sales, but still do not make up for declining CD sales. Total music sales declined 4 percent in the first half of 2006.
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