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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Two members of the French senate, Loïc Hervé and Corinne Bouchoux, have proposed sweeping changes to the country’s so-called Hadopi law, which was introduced in 2009 as an initiative to encourage the development of legal distribution online and to monitor the legal and illegal use of works and items. Presenting a detailed report to Senate […]
A number of addresses in Scotland were searched on July 10th by officers from Police Scotland, assisted by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), in relation to suspected Intellectual Property crime and fraud. The search warrants were carried out as part of a multi-agency operation in relation to a wide-spread alleged ‘card sharing’ or ‘control-word […]
OTT video service credential sharing will cost the industry $500 million (€447m) in direct revenues worldwide in 2015, according to research from market research and consulting company Parks Associates examining video piracy, credential sharing, and its impact on OTT revenue. The report – The Cost of Piracy – shows 6 per cent of US broadband […]
Research by application protection company Arxan and the iThreat Cyber Group (ICG) suggests that the illegal reproduction and distribution of copyrighted material on the Web is extensive and growing rapidly. The pair analysed data collected
Dozens of electronic items including suspected illegal set-top boxes have been seized from an apartment in the UK West Midlands town of Walsall. The items were located after a joint investigation by the Metropolitan Police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) into the sales of illegal set-top boxes that allow free access to subscription […]
The Motion Picture Association of America has confirmed that AMC Theatres will begin airing the MPAA’s ‘I Make Movies’ video series nationwide to raise audience awareness about the hard work and creativity behind-the-scenes of the motion picture and television industry, along with the importance of viewing content legitimately. AMC Theatres consists of more than 300 […]