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Piracy
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AAPA slams EC antipiracy initiative as inadequate
The Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has slammed the European Commission’s recently published recommendation on combating…
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German TV piracy losses hit €1.8bn in 2022, says Vaunet
Vaunet, the Berlin-based trade body for private audiovisual media in Germany, has published a report…
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OSN joins ACE’s global battle against content piracy
Dubai-based media group OSN has joined anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment. OSN…
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FACT and police target illegal streaming users in UK antipiracy drive
Antipiracy group the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) FACT and police in the UK have…
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FuboTV cyberattack underlines persistent threat to streamers from hackers
Streaming platform FuboTV says disruption to its service during France vs Morocco Semi-Final at the…
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Young people leading big rise in illicit IPTV consumption, says AAPA
Some 17.1 million people across the EU and UK used illicit IPTV services in 2021,…
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France Televisions and RTL Deutschland join anti-piracy coalition ACE
ACE (the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment), which describes itself as ‘the world’s leading anti-piracy…
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DAZN and Irdeto unveil anti-piracy pact
Global sports streamer DAZN has extended its relationship with online security specialist Irdeto in a…
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FACT claims success in drive against piracy
Investigators from the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and police officers from the UK’s West…
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Egyptian piracy operation shut down by authorities with three arrested
Four high-profile pirate operations in Egypt have been shut down. beIN Media Group, working with…
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Football piracy ring ‘mastermind’ given £1 million fine for ISD sales
A British man, who had previously been sentenced to more than seven years in prison,…
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Piracy on the rise in the Nordics
Despite the ease of finding available video content on free and subscription streaming services, piracy…
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Canal+ and beIN secure piracy-busting injunction to protect Champions League coverage
French broadcasters Canal+ and beIN Sports France have obtained injunctions to prevent themselves against pirate…
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Brit sentenced to 22 months in prison and large fine over role in piracy ring
A British man has been sentenced to almost two years in prison after pleading guilty…
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Piracy cost Spanish economy more than €2 billion and 20,000 jobs in 2020
Digital piracy in Spain has experienced a decline, but it is still costing rights holders…
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End users to face fine as Guardia di Finanza shuts down 600 pirate football sites
A major anti-piracy operation has been carried out by Italian authorities to seize more than…
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Piracy still high in Nordics
New figures have shown that piracy still continues to be a major problem facing content…
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Asia Video Industry Association promotes Aaron Herps to GM of Coalition Against Piracy
The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has announced the appointment of Aaron Herps as the…
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Chinese media companies demand short video platforms take action against content piracy
A group of more than 70 Chinese film and TV makers have called on short…
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Rights-holders welcome new French antipiracy law
The French national assembly has adopted new anti-piracy legislation that sports rights-holders say could give…
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French court fines sports pirates €7 million
A Rennes court in France has fined a group of pirates operating some 20 illicit…
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Modbro, the world’s largest pirate streaming app, has been shut down by police with four arrests made
A major operation in Spain has shut down the world’s largest pirate video streaming app…
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Malasyian content industry rallies against piracy
Leading players in the Malaysian content industry have issued a joint statement condemning piracy in…
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Malasyian company admits to selling piracy-facilitating Android boxes in first for country
A Malaysian businessman has pleaded guilty to promoting hardware and software which facilitates piracy in…
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EPL piracy still high despite blanket coverage
A new survey of Brits has found that almost 1.9 million people in the country…
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France’s Hadopi counts cost of piracy: 12m users, €1bn loss of earnings
Close to 12 million French internet users consumed pirated content last year, representing a loss…
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Securing your revenue in the new age of video piracy: DTVE’s Digital Symposium looks at the threat and how to address it
As consumption of streaming video rises at the expense of traditional broadcast technology, the security…
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UK police take “unprecedented step” in clamping down on piracy
Thousands of Brits believed to have been using illegal TV streaming services have been contacted…
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Irdeto and IBM team up for pre-integrated cloud-based watermarking
Content security specialist Irdeto has integrated TraceMark for Distribution watermarking technology with IBM’s Aspera on…
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US piracy a US$1 billion industry
Content piracy in the US is now a billion dollar industry, claims a new report….