As the football world gears up for the showdown between Liverpool and Real Madrid in this weekend’s UEFA Champions League Final, data from digital platform security specialist Irdeto reveals that a total of 5,100 unique illegal streams were detected redistributing games over the Internet during this year’s Champions League knockout stages. Of this total, 2,093 […]
The BPI, the UK record labels association, has welcomed the announcement from the Government that it will bring forward legislation in the autumn to improve safety and reduce harm online. The BPI will press the Government to use the opportunity to bring in new measures to boost the UK’s fast-growing creative industries, which now contribute […]
A man from Norwich in the East Anglia region of the UK has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for selling illegal TV devices and for re-offending, since being prosecuted and sentenced for the same crime in October 2016. William Marston, who traded as ‘Billie the Bookie’, appeared at Norwich Crown Court on May 4th […]
Pirate DTT channels are increasingly proliferating in Spain, above all in the local DTT Market and the South of Spain in the Region of Andalucía. The Andalucía Audiovisual Council (CAA) has reported the illegal presence of 121 DTT frequencies in Andalucía. The illegal DTT predominantly broadcast clairvoyance programmes (83 per cent) and religious programmes (11 […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, James Barnes Bar and Jagtar Singh Nijar of O’Kane’s in Glasgow, Linelly Limited and Linda Davidson of Fox’s bar in Edinburgh and Claire Gorman of Cheers Bar in Cambuslang have each been ordered to pay £10,000 (€11,420) in damages for infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports programming […]
UK consumer champion Which? and pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness have collaborated to launch the new Film Finder tool, which connects audiences to the broadest range of films and TV shows available in the UK, whilst also driving engagement with legal services. The Film Finder, integrated within the Which? website, is […]
Over 90 people representing law enforcement, rights owners, platform operators, media technology providers, broadcasters and other trade associations from Europe, the US, the Far East, Middle East and Latin America participated in the second AAPA (Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance) workshop on illegal streaming, held in London, recently. The workshop allowed for an exchange of views about […]
A Nigerian court in Lagos has heard of an alleged fraud against MultiChoice and its DStv and GOTV pay-TV systems in the country. A sum of Naira 200 million (about €471,000) is claimed in the Court papers. The alleged fraudsters are said to have hacked into the pay-TV operator’s computer system in Nigeria. The alleged […]
Movie stars Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard star in an exclusive trailer for summer blockbuster Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom, the latest film to support pro-copyright education body the Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s ‘Moments Worth Paying For’ campaign. In the exclusive piece to camera, the pair emphasise how dinosaurs are the biggest creatures to […]
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released the 2018 Special 301 Report, identifying trading partners that do not adequately or effectively protect and enforce intellectual property (IP) rights or otherwise deny market access to US innovators and