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Industry Trust relaunches FindAnyFilm.com

UK copyright and creativity consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness has relaunched Legal online entertainment resource FindAnyFilm.com following a major upgrade to the site. The online destination for the film industry to showcase content and convert consumers to legal points of purchase, from pre-booking cinema tickets to pre-ordering discs and digital, has […]

August 4, 2015By Colin Mann

ASiD test for Friend MTS content protection

Content and platform security specialist Friend MTS is ramping up the fight against video piracy with the launch of its new content protection service ASiD (Advanced Subscriber iDentification). ASiD is an ultra-lightweight subscriber identification technology that enables both traditional broadcasters and OTT providers to identify and shut down unauthorised streams within minutes. It works by […]

August 3, 2015By Colin Mann

Civolution sells Teletrax to focus on content protection

Civolution, the specialist provider of technology and solutions for identifying, managing and monetising content, has sold its TV Analytics and TV Synced Ads business Teletrax to data science company 4C, enabling company management and its R&D resources to focus entirely on content protection through its NexGuard forensic watermarking business The acquisition of the Teletrax business […]

July 31, 2015By Colin Mann

Oz trade body backs affordable, available content

Improvements in the affordability and ready availability of online content in Australia are crucial ingredients to reduce online copyright infringement, Communications Alliance – the primary telecommunications industry body in Australia – has said in response to new research released by the Minister for Communications, Malcolm Turnbull. Welcoming the research initiative, Communications Alliance CEO John Stanton […]

July 23, 2015By Colin Mann

UK consumers give boost to legal downloading

A survey from the UK’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has revealed that 62 per cent of Internet users in the UK have downloaded or streamed music, TV shows, films, computer software, video games or e-books. This is up from 56 per cent in 2013. The survey showed that there was a 10 per cent increase […]

July 22, 2015By Colin Mann

Research: Accessibility, affordability best anti-piracy tools

Research conducted by the Australian and UK Governments shows Australia has high levels of online copyright infringement and reinforces the need for international and industry cooperation to address piracy. Both countries conducted surveys between March and May this year to

July 22, 2015By Colin Mann

Australian MP: ‘Anti-piracy rules won’t work’

Ed Husic, Australia’s Shadow Parliamentary Secretary to the Shadow Treasurer, has suggested that consumers aren’t all to blame for piracy, with governments and business having to step up and offer people what they want, and that “bureaucratic hammers” will do little to reform a market problem. Writing in Labor Party publication Labor Herald on ‘Piracy […]

July 21, 2015By Colin Mann

UK government mulls stronger anti-piracy measures

The UK government has launched a consultation on plans to increase the maximum sentence for commercial-scale online copyright infringement from two to 10 years imprisonment. Proposals set out in the consultation will bring penalties for online offences into line with equivalent offences relating to the copyright infringement of physical goods. The proposed new measures will […]

July 20, 2015By Colin Mann

Advocacy group: Copyright decision could benefit consumers and competition

The preliminary decision from District Court Judge George Wu issued finding that online video service FilmOn is entitled to a compulsory copyright licence has been applauded by US public interest group Public Knowledge, which has long advocated for regulatory parity for online video services. John Bergmayer, Senior Staff Attorney at Public Knowledge said that if […]

July 20, 2015By Colin Mann

Court victory for FilmOn in copyright licensing fight

Internet television streaming company FilmOn has won a surprise ruling that it is potentially entitled to a compulsory licence to retransmit broadcasters’ copyrighted programming. US District Judge George Wu ruled in Los Angeles that FilmOn should be treated like a traditional cable system in order to transmit broadcast network programmes over the Internet. Broadcasters contend […]

July 17, 2015By Colin Mann