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Survey: Millennials shaping MENA video piracy

An online consumer piracy survey from the digital platform security specialist Irdeto has found that over half of respondents polled in the MENA region – 59 per cent in Egypt and 53 per cent in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) – admitted to watching pirated video content. The research also revealed that millennials are among […]

March 20, 2017

PRS celebrates anti-piracy initiatives

PRS for Music – which represents the rights of over 124,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in the UK – has reported what it describes as impressive results one year on from the launch of its Member Anti-Piracy System (MAPS), which allows music creators to remove their repertoire from unlicensed online services and platforms. Since […]

March 14, 2017By Colin Mann

Analyst: Chinese SVoD market huge growth potential

According to Michael Boreham, Senior Consultant at Futuresource Consulting, SVoD uptake in China is being driven by the younger consumer group, with the market having huge potential for growth driven by the desire for premium content and as the generational shift in consumer behaviour adopts SVoD as the norm. In Boreham’s study – The Cultural […]

March 13, 2017By Colin Mann

Premier League wins ‘Kodi box’ court order

On March 8th, an application for a Court Order, that will result in servers streaming unauthorised English Premier League content being blocked, was heard and granted in the English High Court. The Premier League (PL) is currently engaged in a range of activity to protect its IP, and the significant investment made in the competition […]

March 9, 2017By Colin Mann

Research: Warning letters unlikely to stop illegal downloads

Research by broadband comparison website Broadband Genie has revealed the majority (72 per cent) of the public believe piracy warning letters sent by UK ISPs are unlikely to have any impact. Under the Voluntary Copyright Alert Programme (VCAP), educational letters are sent to Internet users who are believed to have infringed copyright by sharing material […]

March 9, 2017By Colin Mann

Half of consumers willing to reduce content piracy

The largest global consumer piracy online survey ever conducted has found that consumer education could reduce the number of individuals who watch pirated video content. The Irdeto Global Consumer Piracy Survey of more than 25,000 adults across 30 countries found that despite the high number of consumers around the globe watching pirated video content (52 […]

March 8, 2017By Colin Mann

£250K fine in ‘Kodi box’ case

A man in the northeast England city of Hartlepool who sold illegal Internet TV boxes that allowed pubs and clubs to screen pay-to-view TV free of charge has received a suspended prison sentence and been ordered to pay £250,000 (€289,000). Malcolm Mayes received a ten-month prison sentence suspended for one year when he appeared at […]

March 7, 2017By Colin Mann

Card-sharing fraudster sentenced

A man from the Scottish town of Belshill in Scotland has been sentenced to unpaid community work by a Sheriff Court after pleading guilty to four charges of fraud, and offences under the Copyright Designs Patents Act 1988. Following a multi-agency operation involving Police Scotland, intellectual property protection organisation FACT (Federation Against Copyright Theft), Sky, Virgin […]

March 7, 2017By Colin Mann

64% drop in pirate site advertising

A UK police operation that disrupts illegal websites providing access to films, TV, books, music and games has seen major success. The City of London Police’s Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) launched Operation Creative and the Infringing Website List (IWL) in 2013 to tackle the funding of illegal streaming websites that adversely impact on the […]

March 3, 2017By Colin Mann

Survey: Education could halve LatAm piracy

A survey from digital platform security specialist Irdeto has found that 70 per cent of Latin American consumers polled in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are watching pirated video content. The survey also found that education about the damage that piracy causes could go a long way in the region. Of those consumers who watch […]

March 3, 2017By Colin Mann