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AAPA re-elects Co-Presidents

Trade body the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) has confirmed the reappointment of Mark Mulready, VP Cyber Services at Irdeto, and Phillip Davies, Director of Anti-Piracy Partnerships at Sky Group, to serve as Co-Presidents for a further two-year term. The Co-Presidents, supported by the Executive Vice President, Sheila Cassells, are responsible for implementing the strategy agreed […]

March 17, 2021By Colin Mann

RealD wins Euro 3D patent battle

3D specialists RealD says that its ownership of key European patents on 3D cinema systems have been conclusively upheld as both valid and infringed by Volfoni. Judgments regarding patent infringement are now final, and so are judgments upholding the validity of the asserted patents. Thus, Volfoni has reached the end of the road in the […]

March 17, 2021By Chris Forrester

UK screen industries’ anti-bullying initiatives

UK screen industry bodies BFI and BAFTA have revealed the next stage of what they claim is ground-breaking work to tackle bullying, harassment and racism in the workplace with a new employer Action List for the film and television industry, as The Film and TV Charity launches new services, providing immediate support for workers. The […]

March 17, 2021

Record fine for Vodafone Spain data breaches

Vodafone Spain has been fined €8.1 million for breaking data protection legislation, the highest ever fine in Spain for such as offence. The Data Protection Agency (AEPD) has imposed the fine on the grounds that Vodafone Spain persisted with commercial actions despite refusals from individual users to not receive commercial messages over the phone. Vodafone […]

March 15, 2021From David Del Valle in Madrid

YouTube removes 30,000 vaccine misinformation clips

YouTube has removed more than 30,000 misleading Covid-19 vaccination videos in the past five months. A YouTube spokesperson told the BBC that the videos contradicted vaccine information from the World Health Organization (WHO) or health authorities such as the NHS. In October 2020, YouTube banned vaccine misinformation in a bid to clamp down on attempts […]

March 15, 2021

LBCi wins court action against Prince Al-Waleed

Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal has lost another – and perhaps final – action against Pierre El-Daher in the long-running dispute concerning Beirut-based LBC International. The French Court of Appeal ruled in favour of Pierre El-Daher, who is chairman of LBCi. Numerous previous legal actions were also won by El-Daher until this latest court case which […]

March 15, 2021By Chris Forrester

Netflix clamps down on password sharing

Netflix is testing a feature that asks viewers if they live in the same household as a subscriber, in a move that would seem to signal a crackdown on the widespread practice of sharing passwords with friends and family. A number of users have reported seeing a screen saying: “If you don’t live with the […]

March 12, 2021By Nik Roseveare

French broadcasters win piracy damages

A French court has ordered five defendants to pay €7 million in damages to French broadcasters beIN Sports, Canal+ and RMC Sport, following the defendants’ convictions for operating illegal sports streaming websites targeting the broadcasters. The multi-million Euro damages award is one of the largest financial rulings issued by a French court following a piracy […]

March 12, 2021By Colin Mann

Industry Trust welcomes IP crime report

Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness has welcomed the publication of a report, Taking the Profit Out of Intellectual Property Crime: Piracy and Organised Crime, supporting publisher the Royal United Service Institute’s (RUSI) position on the need for a whole-of-system coordination between government agencies and the private sector to aid the […]

March 12, 2021By Colin Mann

SES/Intelsat hearing postponed

Intelsat’s bankruptcy court has postponed a March 17th hearing of the SES action against Intelsat and where SES is claiming $1.8 billion for what it alleges is unfair practice during the C-Band Alliance process and the subsequent division of the FCC’s ‘incentive’ payments for clearing the satellite frequencies. The bankruptcy court adjourned the hearing on […]

March 12, 2021By Chris Forrester