Content theft sites pose a serious and growing threat to Internet users by exposing them to harmful malware that can lead to identity theft, financial loss and computers being taken over by hackers, according to Digital Bait – a new research report commissioned by the Digital Citizens Alliance, a consumer-oriented coalition focused on educating the […]
Delivering on its Digital Single Market strategy, the European Commission has presented a proposal to allow Europeans to travel with their online content and an action to modernise EU copyright rules, which it says makes them fit for the digital age. At present, Europeans travelling within the EU may be cut off from online services […]
As pirated content becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish from its original sources, it is essential for businesses to utilise piracy prevention technologies. In its latest market study – Pay TV and OTT Piracy Prevention Services – technology market intelligence firm ABI Research uncovers the extent of the direct impact that piracy has on content owners […]
A £200 million (€275m) investment in the UK’s famous Pinewood Studios, which includes the construction of 10 mammoth sound stages, will better equip the facility for a range of high-end television production opportunities, although (Lord) Michael Grade, Chairman, is pleased to report that current demand from the movie sector means that there is little opportunity […]
Asia-Pacific media trade association CASBAA has renewed its appeal to Hong Kong’s legislature to pass proposed amendments to the Copyright Ordinance when they come up for debate later this week. According to CASBAA, the amendments are critical to the future of the content industries in the SAR; bringing digital copyright principles to Hong Kong for […]
Snoopy and Charlie Brown are championing the value of the big screen experience and enjoying all those great moments worth paying for with their friends, all in support of pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s successful Moments Worth Paying For campaign. The exclusive Snoopy and Charlie Brown: The Peanuts Movie trailer […]
Hackers are selling lifetime access to premium VoD subscriptions for as little as $0.50. A report by McAfee Labs revealed it is possible to buy access to “many online streaming entertainment” services, like Netflix and Spotify, in ‘Dark Web’ marketplaces. These marketplaces can be accessed only by using a special internet browser called TOR that […]
December 7th will see Pakistan’s media regulator, PEMRA, issue 3 new DTH licences in an attempt to help curb the huge number of “illegal” viewers in the nation who access forbidden Indian transmissions. “We have raided, seized and destroyed 2,500 DTH [dishes and receivers] in Islamabad and Lahore,” said Fakharuddin Mughal, Pemra’s spokesman. “We are […]
Sweden’s ISPs will not be forced to block controversial file-sharing site Pirate Bay, nor be held responsible for copyright infringements by users, a court has ruled. Stockholm District Court rejected a lawsuit collectively filed by the Swedish Film Industry, Nordisk Film, Universal Music, Sony Music and Warner Music in 2014 which argued that Bredbandsbolaget, Sweden’s […]
A convicted software pirate has been handed an unusual punishment by a Czech court. The man, named in the press only as Jakub F, will be spared having to pay a heavy fine – as long as a film denouncing piracy he was ordered to make gets 200,000 views. He came to the out-of-court settlement […]