Australia’s federal parliament has passed legislation that will enforce content quotas for major SVoD platforms such as Disney+, Netflix and Prime Video. The national government announced it would roll out such quotas earlier this November, which require streaming services with over 1 million domestic subscribers to spend 10 per cent of their total Australian expenditure […]
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) has carried out the eighth phase of Operação 404 (Operation 404), an action aimed at combating crimes against intellectual property on the Internet. This is the largest international mobilisation in the country, with the participation of Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and the UK. Mexico and the US […]
Ofcom is publishing two updates as part of its ongoing work to implement the Media Act. The Media Act imposes new standards requirements on streaming services (known as on-demand programme services, or ODPS) which people in the UK watch across a range of platforms and devices. Well-known ODPS services include Disney+, Prime Video, BBC iPlayer […]
In what is described as a “groundbreaking” ruling, the District Court of Aachen in Germany has convicted the operator of illicit cyberlocker Share-Online to a two-year suspended prison term – sending a message that those who operate cyberlockers to facilitate digital piracy can and will be held criminally accountable for fueling online piracy. This action […]
Online piracy has evolved into a structural threat to Europe’s cultural sovereignty, competitiveness and consumer safety, according to the Alliance Against Audiovisual Piracy (AAPA). The Alliance notes that the European Commission’s report recognises that existing voluntary and non-binding approaches to online piracy have not delivered the intended results. Piracy continues to grow in scale and […]
The Live Content Coalition, representing Europe’s leading commercial broadcasters and VoD services, sports organisations, and live content producers and exhibitors, says it agrees with the European Commission’s conclusions regarding the inefficacy of its Recommendation on combatting online piracy of sports and other live events, set out in its assessment published on November 20th. The Commission’s […]
Spain’s top-flight football league La Liga says it is awaiting the European Commission strengthening its Recommendation on combatting online piracy of sports and other live events, following the conclusions presented on November 20th. These conclusions are the result of thorough monitoring by the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), which acknowledged the Recommendation’s ineffectiveness, the […]
SmartSky Networks has won a patent battle with business aviation in-flight specialist Gogo. Gogo must now pay $22.7 million (€19.6m) for infringing SmartSky patents which focus on 5G in-flight technology. A jury at the US District Court in Delaware found that Gogo had infringed SmartSky’s patents which cover ground-based air-to-ground transmissions which provide Gogo-equipped aircraft […]
The Public Accounts Committee of the UK House of Commons has warned that if the collection and enforcement of the licence fee is not modernised, the BBC risks compliant fee payers questioning the fairness of the system. In a new report on the BBC’s accounts, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns that the broadcaster’s mission […]
At the 2025 IP Champion Awards reception, the US Chamber of Commerce brought together business leaders, policymakers, and creators to celebrate those leading the fight to safeguard IP. According to US Chamber research, IP supported: • Over $5 trillion (€4.3trn) in jobs across all industries and states. • $799 billion in R&D spending. • $140.36 […]