The High Court has ordered UPC Ireland, the country’s second largest ISP, to take measures to stop illegal downloading. Justice Brian Cregan granted three music companies an injunction requiring UPC Communications to move against its subscribers involved in Internet piracy. The Irish units of Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music sought the orders. Cregan […]
A man from the East Midlands of the UK – believed to be one of the Internet’s biggest illegal uploaders of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) content – has been arrested by detectives from the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). The 55-year-old suspect was arrested at his home in Coalville, […]
UK ISPs have started blocking access to websites that provide a list of Pirate Bay alternatives, as part of the battle against online piracy. Under a court order, ISPs already block access to many of the biggest sharing sites that link to illegal content, including Pirate Bay. But users can visit so-called proxy sites that […]
Fleur Pellerin, France’s Minister of Culture and Communication, has presented the Government’s strategy on the battle against online piracy. Going beyond the graduated ‘three strikes’ response of the HADOPI law, the Government is implementing a plan of action against streaming, download or search engine optimisation sites which profit from pirated works, which includes the following […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness and Marvel Entertainment have launched the latest ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ trailer, a collaboration on the epic new Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron which champions the value of the big screen experience and also uses the new “Book, buy & watch” tagline for legal content […]
Online piracy is setting records in Spain, causing serious harm to the creative and digital content industries, with 2014 almost 88 per cent of all online cultural content being accessed illegally, according to research carried out by the consultancy GfK on behalf of Spanish creative industry coalition. According to the study
A study reported in the Sydney Morning Herald has provided insights into why Australians are a nation not too worried about pirating copyrighted content. Writing a column in the paper’s Social Radar section, Laura Demasi, social researcher and
US Trade Representative Michael Froman has revealed the findings of the Special 301 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets for 2014, which highlights certain physical and online markets around the world that are reported to engage in and facilitate substantial copyright piracy and trademark counterfeiting that harms American businesses and undermines our workers. The publication of […]
Echoing comments made two days earlier by BBC Director General Tony Hall that the BBC must reinvent itself for the Internet era, UK Minister for the Digital Economy Ed Vaizey has suggested that a future government conducting the BBC Charter review should strive for a BBC that is fit for the digital age. Delivering a […]
In the first 24 hours of its Season 3 release, House of Cards attracted more than 680,000 unique downloaders all over the world. The main concentration of illegal downloads occurred in countries where Netflix isn’t currently available according to Variety, reporting data collected by Excipio. Specifically, five