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Hacker leaks Orange Is The New Black Season 5

A hacker has leaked 10 episodes from the new series of Netflix TV show Orange is the New Black. The episodes are reported to have been uploaded to file-sharing sites across the internet after US media firm Netflix refused to pay a ransom. The episodes, from the 5th season of the the popular show, were […]

May 2, 2017

China and India on IP Priority Watch List

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the 2017 ‘Special 301’ Report, reviewing global developments on trade and intellectual property (IP) and identifying trading partners with harmful records on protection, enforcement, or market

May 2, 2017By Colin Mann

Middle East anti-piracy TV group to remove channels

The MENA Broadcast Satellite Anti-Piracy Coalition, at a meeting in Dubai last week, said it would remove offending pirate channels this week, by May 4th. These channels are frequent offenders, both in the piracy of ‘live’ content including sports content and the screening of unlicensed movies and programmes. MBC CEO, Sam Barnett, quoted by trade magazine […]

May 2, 2017By Chris Forrester

Dodd to step down as MPAA chief

Former US Senator Christopher Dodd, Chairman & CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), is to step down from his position as CEO on September 4th and from his position as Chairman at the end of the year. The MPAA board has named Charles Rivkin, former US Assistant Secretary of State for Economic […]

May 2, 2017

Australia: Court orders KickassTorrents site-blocking

Australia’s Federal Court has handed down its judgment in Universal Music Australia & Ors v TPG & Ors (the KickassTorrents case). The case began in April 2016, when Universal, along with several other members of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and the Australasian music collecting society APRA|AMCOS, filed an application seeking to have access […]

April 28, 2017By Colin Mann

CJEU: Multimedia player could breach copyright

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that the sale of a multimedia player which enables films that are available illegally on the Internet to be viewed easily and for free on a television screen could constitute an infringement of copyright, suggesting that the temporary reproduction on a multimedia player of a […]

April 26, 2017By Colin Mann

Spain: Content piracy down 4%

Though digital piracy has experienced a slight decrease in Spain in terms of absolute figures, the percentage of citizens accessing pirate content has remained the same or even increased for some sectors such as music and leisure books (e-readers). In 2016, there were 4.128 billion illegal accesses to content, 4.2 per cent less that in […]

April 26, 2017By Colin Mann

Charlie Hunnam encourages big-screen viewing

As part of the Moments Worth Paying For campaign from pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, British actor Charlie Hunnam has released a short video to encourage audiences to make the most of their movies and see them on the big screen. The exclusive 35” trailer features Hunnam in an exclusive piece […]

April 25, 2017By Colin Mann

5m Britons use pirated TV streaming services

Just shy of five million people in the UK use pirated TV streaming services, according to YouGov. The research firm’s new study, Illegal Streaming, suggests that 10 per cent of the population (around 4.9 million adults) currently have access to platforms such as ‘illegal’ Kodi boxes (i.e., those with software that has been changed with […]

April 24, 2017By Colin Mann

Further anti-piracy court success for DISH

In another blow to peddlers of illicit video piracy services and a further success for US pay-TV operator DISH on the heels of forcing the closure of an illegal IPTV operation, the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has ruled to shut down unauthorised digital streaming and distribution by the providers of […]

April 21, 2017By Colin Mann