Spain’s top-flight football league LaLiga is claiming a record blow against audiovisual piracy, securing criminal convictions, damages and fines against one of the largest illegal IPTV networks. The criminal network had more than 2 million users and thousands of channels across three continents, including IPTVStack and RapidIPTV, through which it generated revenues of up to […]

Millennials who grew up in the heyday of file sharing are most likely to access music or video content illegally in the US today. But members of Gen Z are almost equally as likely to search out pirated content on the internet. This is the result of a survey by Statista Consumer Insights. Almost half of […]

The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) has signed two Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs); one with the Alliance for Manga and Webtoon (AMW), a French organisation related to manga and webtoons, and the other with L’Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique (Arcom), the regulatory authority responsible for audiovisual and digital communications in France. […]

Irdeto, the specialist in digital platform security, has announced the signing of a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Binance, the cryptocurrency platform globally by trading volume and users. This agreement continues the evolution of Irdeto’s Cyber Services portfolio, particularly its Investigations and Payment Disruption capabilities, by enabling early identification and intervention against cybercriminals who […]

Motion Picture Association Chairman and CEO Charles Rivkin has reaffirmed the body’s commitment to protecting copyright in the age of AI. Delivering his annual State of the Industry address at CinemaCon in Las Vegas, Rivkin noted that every time there had been a new advancement, the industry had persisted. “We’ve adapted. We’ve thrived. We’ve always […]

Spain has introduced an unprecedented system to block illegal sports broadcasts in real time, marking a significant escalation in the fight against digital piracy and directly affecting users who rely on unauthorised streaming services. The initiative, reported by elEconomista, follows a landmark ruling issued on March 23rd by a commercial court in Barcelona. The decision […]

The Content Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) and the Motion Picture Association (MPA) of the US have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), with the aim of further strengthening cooperation in combating online copyright infringement and promoting copyright protection activities. The signing ceremony was held at MPA headquarters in Washington DC. This renewal follows the previous […]

Stegawave has launched an anti-piracy platform aimed at live sports streaming. The platform uses a proprietary watermarking algorithm to embed invisible patterns into live streams, enabling the identification of piracy sources in real time. This allows illegal redistribution to be shut down within minutes of detection. The platform integrates with existing streaming workflows and distribution […]

Fastly, a specialist in global edge cloud platforms, and LaLiga, Spain’s Professional Football Association, have partnered to develop technical solutions to address the illegal streaming of live sports, with a particular focus on LaLiga’s matches. With LaLiga estimating that piracy costs its clubs between $700-$800 million (€600-€700 million) each year, the two companies are collaborating […]

The European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) will provide consultative support to the European Commission (EC) under the Digital Services Act (DSA) to help rights holders and consumers navigate the online world more safely. Under a five-year agreement with the Commission, the EUIPO will provide technical support and expertise in intellectual property (IP)-related matters to […]