Spain’s Committee on Economic Affairs, Trade and Digital Transformation of the Spanish Congress of Deputies has held a debate and vote on a Non-Legislative Proposal (PNL) concerning dynamic IP address blocking in the context of the fight against audiovisual fraud. As a result of the vote, the PNL in question was not approved, thereby supporting […]
European football’s governing body UEFA has officially joined the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), the content protection coalition dedicated to combating digital piracy. UEFA becomes the first exclusive sports rights-holder to join ACE, while contributing to a broader industry-wide effort to safeguard the value of creative and sporting content worldwide. UEFA will play an […]
An academic paper, prepared in advance of an international conference on network and service management, suggests that Italy’s Piracy Shield causes significant collateral damage. In the paper, 90th Minute: A First Look to Collateral Damages and Efficacy of the Italian Piracy Shield, the University of Twente researchers, Raffaele Sommese, Anna Sperotto, Antonio Prado, Jeroen van […]
DAZN is intensifying its fight against digital piracy in Italy by sending letters to around 2,200 individuals identified by the Italian Finance Police (Guardia di Finanza) as having watched football matches using illegal subscriptions. These users, who have already received administrative fines, are now being asked to pay a €500 “lump-sum compensation” to DAZN within […]
The Kenya Copyright Board (KECOBO), in collaboration with other enforcement agencies, has arrested a suspect following an extensive investigation into a sophisticated online piracy network responsible for the unlawful distribution of copyrighted television content belonging to licensed broadcasters. The suspect, Kelvin Kiplagat Singóei, was apprehended in Kiplombe, Uasin Gishu County, for distributing and reselling illegal […]
A recent Global Meeting of antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), saw one theme come through loud and clear: Momentum, according to Larissa Knapp, EVP & Chief Content Protection Officer, Motion Picture Association. In an ACE Blog Post, Knapp wrote that from APAC to EMEA, North America to LATAM, the coalition shared […]
Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association (MPA), has criticised OpenAI’s stance on copyright responsibility following the recent release of video production tool Sora 2. “Since Sora 2’s release, videos that infringe our members’ films, shows, and characters have proliferated on OpenAI’s service and across social media,” he noted. “While OpenAI clarified […]
A man has been sentenced to three years in prison following an investigation into an illegal streaming service that offered cheap access to premium TV channels and on-demand content. Nishan Silva, aged 34 of Blackhorse Lane, Hitchin, was linked to the management and facilitation of an illicit streaming service operating under the names Andy UTV […]
The CEO of Movistar Plus+, Daniel Domenjó, has sounded the alarm over sports piracy, warning that nearly half of football fans in Spain consume matches illegally. Speaking at the Círculo Ecuestre in Barcelona on October 2nd, Domenjó revealed that “43 per cent of the people who watch football in Spain pirate it,” a practice he […]
The Thailand Ministry of Justice’s Department of Special Investigation (DSI) has shut down INWIPTV, one of the country’s most notorious illegal streaming services, with support from antipiracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) and Thailand-based ACE member True Visions. Operating since 2012, INWIPTV (formerly FWIPTV) charged users a subscription price of 300 Thai […]