Popular pirate content website 123Movies, which also operated as GoMovies, has confirmed plans to shut down.The streaming site, which offers users a range paid-for content for free, announced its imminent closure with a message on its homepage, saying it will cease operations at the end of the week. In its farewell message, 123Movies encouraged users […]
Findings from research carried out by CDN technology specialist Edgeware and international data and analytics group YouGov indicate that billons lost to online piracy could be halved by putting in place anti-piracy measures. Edgeware’s study – TV piracy research – watermarking could save billions of dollars a year – found that 50 per cent of […]
Philippines broadband telco Globe has won three creative competition Kidlat Awards for its execution of #PlayItRight’s ‘Piracy vs. Piracy’, the company’s homegrown advocacy to encourage Filipinos to download or stream content from legitimate sources.Piracy vs. Piracy was recognised for three awards—Creative Use Of Media, Branded Corporate Social Responsibility and Digital Activation and Campaigns—at the Ad […]
The English High Court continues to be dominated by sports and music copyright cases, with all three of the most frequent claimants in 2017 being sport and music bodies, according to RPC, the City-headquartered professional services firm. RPC says that the top three most frequent claimants in the High Court last year were: PPL (Phonographic […]
Egypt’s IT agency has announced it is setting up a specialised digital forensic lab for Intellectual Property as part of its enforcement schemes of combating software piracy. The new lab, the first of its kind in the MENA region, is mainly designed to resolve business software and internet-based piracy cases. It authentically recovers data from […]
The European Commission has published its latest report on the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights in countries outside the EU. The report helps the Commission to
Europol and Spain’s Cuerpo Nacional de Policía (Spanish National Police) have arrested six individuals in what they suggest is a “big hit” to illegal TV streaming networks. The Spanish National Police, supported by Europol’s Intellectual Property Crime Coordinated Coalition (IPC³), arrested six individuals from a crime ring suspected of selling illegal television signals from more […]
In its Communication of September 2017 on tackling illegal content online, the European Commission (EC) promised to monitor progress in tackling illegal content online and assess whether additional measures are needed to ensure the swift and proactive detection and removal of illegal content online, including possible legislative measures to complement the existing regulatory framework. As […]
Following successful legal action taken by Sky, licensees of four premises in the northeast and northwest of England have been found to be infringing Sky’s copyright by showing Sky Sports without having the required commercial agreements. As a result of civil proceedings in the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court, Martin Adamson of The Bay Horse Hotel, […]
With the family-favourite franchise finally hopping onto the big screen, Sony Pictures Entertainment has teamed up with pro-copyright education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness’s Moments Worth Paying For campaign to combat film piracy with an exclusive trailer for Peter Rabbit. The exclusive trailer features never-before-seen footage from the film and focuses on the […]