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# Music Industry Tops Worldwide Digital Cease & Desist Orders In 2010
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/music-industry-tops-worldwide-digital-cease-desist-orders-in-2010/
- Published: 2010-12-29T10:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2010-12-29T10:30:00.000Z
- Description: Clearinghouse ChillingEffects logged 12,000 DMCA cease and desist notices, some for a single URL and others like for The Pirate Bay containing hundreds. Across all categories and territories, the music. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2010/12/music-industry-tops-worldwide-digital-
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Clearinghouse [ChillingEffects](http://www.chillingeffects.org/?ref=hypebot.com) logged 12,000 DMCA cease and desist notices, some for a single URL and others like for The Pirate Bay containing hundreds. Across all categories and territories, the music industry led the list. **Details:**

  
The international music industry, represented by the trade group IFPI, issued the most DMCA take down notices in 2010: 1272 in total.Most IFPI notices contained dozens of offenders each. The RIAA followed some film and media organizations to come in 7th place with 203 DMCA take downs.

Sony/Epic/Estate of Michael Jackson claimed the 11th spot, followed by indie Stones Throw Records at 12th and Chappell & Co at 13th according to [TorrentFreak](http://torrentfreak.com/the-top-20-dmca-cease-and-desist-senders-of-2010-101227?ref=hypebot.com).