FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information:
Timothy Gorman
+1-301-941-0308
tgorman@contentdeliveryandstorage.org
Sonopress Ibermemory, Madrid, Spain
Applies to IRMA's Anti Piracy Compliance Program
October 12, 2006 - Spaarndam, The Netherlands - The International Recording Media Association is pleased to inform you that they have accepted the application for the IRMA's Anti Piracy compliance Program from Sonopress Ibermemory S.A, located in Coslada (Madrid) Spain. This enrollment is part of the global enrollment initiative for all Sonopress - Arvato facilities worldwide.
With well over 100 plants already enrolled in Europe, the USA, Asia, South Africa, South and Mid-America, the IRMA Anti-Piracy Compliance Program (APCP) is well recognized as an effective weapon for replicators and duplicators to combat piracy. With this program in place, content holders are able to identify manufacturers that are protecting their interests by complying with stringent manufacturing and operational procedures.
"We have been historically connected with content protection at Sonopress since 1958 and at Iberofón since 1959," said Alberto Obregon, Sonopress Managing Director. "We are involved with all the available formats, including Vinyl, Cassettes, CD-Audio, CD-ROM and DVD, and feel a responsibility to our customers to maintain the highest level of content protection. They rely on us to look after their valuable master tapes, not only because we offer them controlled ambient conditions but also - and more importantly - because all of us here at Sonopress respect our customers' content and its value for future generations. We are all very well aware of how IRMA procedures can help us support our objectives."
Theo G. Köhler, Director of IRMAs Anti-Piracy Compliance Program for EMA said, "I am pleased to see Sonopress Ibermemory joining the Anti Piracy Compliance group as the first company from Spain. It is promising to see it join as it confirms again the value of the Anti Piracy Compliance Program for both replicating facilities and content holders, not only in Spain, but worldwide."
About CDSA and the APCP
CDSA offers a number of intellectual property protection standards to the content delivery industry, including its Anti-Piracy and Compliance Programs (APCP) designed to reduce the risk of producing pirated or unauthorized content. The programs’ standards and procedures were developed with assistance and input from the CDSA Anti-Piracy Coalition, comprised of optical media replicators, and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the Motion Picture Association (MPA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the Software Information Industry Association (SIIA), the Digital Software Association (DSA), the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Electronic Arts and Microsoft. The APCP is also supported by International Video Federation (IVF), Bureau International des Sociétés Gérant les Droits d'Enregistrement et de Reproduction Mécanique (BIEM) and Bescherming Rechten Entertainment Industrie Nederland (BREIN). The programs have received global industry recognition, with support shown from companies and organizations on six continents.
Your content is in safe hands when you use a CDSA-certified replicator. For a complete list of certified plants and more information on CDSA's Anti-Piracy Compliance Program, please visit the CDSA website at www.contentdeliveryandstorage.org
CDSA, the Content Delivery & Storage Association (formerly IRMA, the International Recording Media Association), is the worldwide forum advocating the innovative and responsible delivery and storage of entertainment, software and information content. Founded in 1970, this global trade association's membership includes companies involved in every facet along the digital and physical media supply chain. Beginning with the audiocassette, through the home video revolution, and into today’s digital delivery era, CDSA has always been the organization companies have turned to for news, networking, market research, information services, and leadership. CDSA also publishes the professional journal Mediaware that provides "Executive Strategies for the Advancement of Content Delivery & Storage."