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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Legislation in EU member states should not state that broadcast copyright is not infringed when it is immediately retransmitted by cable where it was initially broadcast, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled in the latest move in a dispute between UK free-to-air commercial broadcasters ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5, […]
TV content piracy and illicit downloads caused French rights-holders a €1.35 billion loss in 2016, with 13 million Internet users involved in the practice, stabilising at 27 per cent of users. According to a study from consultancy EY consulting
The UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is calling for views on whether there is any need for legislative change to deal with the issue of illicit IPTV streaming devices. According to the IPO, the use of IPTV boxes to access illegal content appears to have increased in recent months. Such boxes were originally designed to allow […]
Dozens of Spanish and Latin American Facebook pages are illegally streaming top-flight football matches free of charge using the social network’s video-sharing facility Facebook Live, according to a report in Spanish newspaper El Pais. Through a combination of links and profiles that disappear as soon as the match is finished, these pirate broadcasts are seen […]