NFPF not mafia

On the professional music forum in Sochi was a performance by Alexei Ugrinovich, director of the National Federation of the Phonographic Industry (NFPF). NFPF together 70% of the current directory of phonograms to the rights belonging to more than 20 leading labels in the country. General Meetings are held twice a year, the Board meets once a month. Chairman of the Board of Directors is currently Dmitry Konnov, CEO of Universal Music Russia. Alex Ugrinovich pointed out that the main objectives of producers of phonograms - stepping legitimate music market, the active cooperation with state authorities, legal assistance to producers of phonograms in the protection of intellectual property. Particularly urgent task was to provide the participants of the market positions of the four BGB explain. NFPF cooperates with the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Report regularly awards its best - published spicki excellent quarterly magazine in Billboard. Market monitoring includes monitoring of outlets, active interaction with retail, resolution of potential conflicts. In any case, the main objective is to defend the rights of the owner NFPF phonograms, the protection program "iconic" releases contain. NFPF actively combat online piracy. Ugrinovich said, not a lot of sites that do music piracy. About 30 pages hold pirated content, about 20-25 are its suppliers to affiliate programs, and the rest - the so-called reference garbage. The question NEWSmusic.ru how often the members of the association between a coordinate system prices and whether NFPF some "mafia", Alexey Ugrinovich solemnly assured that discuss pricing NFPF never members. Russian anti-monopoly structures are not in action again NFPF interested. Vadim Ponomarev, NEWSmusic.ru