The European Union has raised concerns about Italy’s Piracy Shield, an anti-piracy system, stating it may not comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). In a letter sent to Foreign Minister Tajani, the European Commission praises Italy’s efforts against online piracy, particularly for live events and time-sensitive content, but points to potential issues regarding freedom […]
Two people in their 30s have been arrested in connection with an investigation into an illegal streaming service. Detectives from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police executed search warrants at two residential addresses in Oldbury and a data centre in Cheltenham on July 3rd. They arrested both a 30-year-old […]
Nagravision, a Kudelski Group company and independent provider of content protection and media and entertainment solutions, has announced that United Cloud, end-to-end solutions provider for telecoms and media, will continue to leverage Nagra NexGuard Forensic Watermarking within its antipiracy platform for their clients in seven European markets. By relying on Nagra NexGuard Forensic Watermarking as […]
LALIGA Extratime, La Liga’s own annual sports industry event, took place at The Meliá Kuala Lumpur hotel last week. La Liga CEO, Javier Tebas, opened the event with a speech that emphasised the importance of the fight against audiovisual fraud. Piracy causes global losses in terms of new revenues of more than 28 billion dollars […]
Friend MTS, the anti-piracy provider, is partnering with MNC Media & Entertainment, the Southeast Asian media group, to implement anti-piracy strategies and services for its video streaming platform, VISION+. FMTS’ watermarking and monitoring solutions will protect live sports, including Indonesia national football team matches, and safeguard the ongoing investments VISION+ is making in sports and […]
VdoCipher has announced the success of its newly deployed Pirate Detection Engine, which has blocked over 250,000 piracy attempts in just the past year. The proprietary system, combining behavioural analytics with real-time tracking, marks a turning point in the battle against increasingly sophisticated video piracy — a growing threat across education, media, and OTT platforms. […]
A Fapav/Ipsos study reveals that, despite anti-piracy laws, Italians are still heavily involved in illegally accessing content such as movies, TV series and sporting events. This has resulted in a €2.2 billion loss for the entertainment industry in 2024 and an estimated loss of €904 million in GDP, putting over 12,000 jobs at risk. While […]
Piracy data monitoring specialist Muso has released its 2024 Piracy Trends and Insights Report in which it suggests that in 2024, piracy didn’t vanish – it evolved. Muso tracked 216.3 billion visits to piracy websites in 2024. “While that’s a modest 5.7 per cent decline from 2023, the full picture is far more nuanced,” said […]
Friend MTS, a provider of content protection services, has announced that Saran Media Group, a media company specialising in sports and entertainment broadcasting across Turkey, the Turkic republics and Eastern Europe, has chosen FMTS’s anti-piracy services to protect top flight live sports including NFL, La Liga, NBA, Serie A, EuroLeague, UFC and Wimbledon on its […]
Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy has confirmed that the European Commission will assess the effects of the recommendation on combating online piracy of sports and other live events by November 2025 and on that basis, consider if additional measures are needed at EU level. A written question from a group […]