On the heels of World Intellectual Property Day, the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the 2016 Special 301 Report on the global state of intellectual property rights protection and enforcement. “Intellectual property is a critical source of economic growth and high-quality jobs for the United States, and it is more […]
According to Stan McCoy, President and Managing Director, MPA EMEA – the European arm of the Motion Picture Association of America – there isn’t one tool that will fix online content piracy, suggesting that it requires a flexible response, encompassing court action, consumer education and technological solutions as well as promoting consumers’ access to legal […]
The Motion Picture Association of America MPAA) and labour union SAG-AFTRA have jointly filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission expressing concerns about Chairman Wheeler’s proposal designed to open up the set-top box market. Writing in the MPAA’s policy blog, Neil Fried, Senior Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs explains why, and what’s at stake […]
Middle East and North Africa pay-TV network OSN has secured a number of major successes in its fight against television piracy across the region, having carried out more than 316 raids with the support of government authorities. On the eve of the World Intellectual Property Day (World IP Day) on April 26, OSN is upping […]
The UK Government has confirmed that it plans to harmonise the maximum sentence for online copyright infringement with physical infringement – at 10 years. The proposal was contained in its response to a Consultation on Criminal Sanctions for Online Copyright Infringement. Baroness Neville-Rolfe, Minister for Intellectual Property, noted that the creative industries add £84.1 billion […]
Pay-TV platform DISH, TVB (USA) and CCTV have filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Eastern District of New York to halt what they allege is illegal streaming of content via the ‘h.TV’ device. TVB is the largest producer of Cantonese-language TV programming in the world and CCTV is the largest television […]
New research from cyber security specialist RiskIQ has found that six Britons in 10 (59 per cent) who use personal devices for work also use the same device for streaming or downloading pirated content. Whilst the research, conducted by OnePulse
Following Present Obama’s call for the FCC to open up set-top cable boxes to competition, two influential lobbying bodies have unsurprisingly queried the White House’s intervention. According to Digital Citizens Alliance Executive Director Tom Galvin. it is “simply bewildering” that President Obama would come out in support of the FCC’s proposal to change the way […]
Outdoor advertising firm Primesight is partnering with pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness to amplify the Trust’s ‘Moment’s Worth Paying For’ campaign, which promotes the value of creativity and seeks to inspire and educate consumers to choose legal routes to film and TV content and help reduce piracy. Primesight will leverage its […]
A South African company director has been convicted in the country’s first successful criminal case against a distributor of IPTV set-top boxes that facilitate piracy of movies‚ series‚ and sport. Jacque Hilbert‚ a director of AVSupply‚ was sentenced to a fine of R20‚000 (€1,220) in the Bellville Specialised Commercial Court. He was one of four […]