By Bruce Haring
11.03.2020 - 16:03 / billboard.com
LONDON — Streaming may have returned the music industry back to growth, but new figures released by U.K. labels trade body BPI form a stark reminder that online piracy continues to eat into the livelihoods of artists, songwriters and rights holders on an industrial scale.
This past weekend, BPI submitted its 500 millionth removal notice to Google requesting the takedown of links to illegal music files on the internet.
To date, it has also sent 398 million removal notices to rival search engines
By Bruce Haring
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