Australian software company Linius Technologies has been appointed by Roadshow Films, a division of leading Australian content producer Village Roadshow to provide the company’s anti-piracy technology solution, centred on its patented Video Virtualization Engine (VVE) with IBM Corporation coordinating the design and integration of the Linius VVE anti-piracy solution with existing Roadshow Films infrastructure. Linius […]

A man from Middlesbrough in the northeast of England has pleaded guilty in what has been described as a landmark court case relating to the sale of so-called ‘Kodi’ boxes. At an earlier court appearance he had pleaded not guilty Brian Thompson pleaded guilty to two charges – one of selling the Kodi, or IPTV […]

Recent innovations on intellectual property rights enforcement strategies were the focus of the first Europol Intellectual Property Crime Conference organised in Antwerp. Some 400 senior law enforcement official, security and industry experts from 42 countries attended the conference, co-organised by Europol, the Belgian Customs Authority, UL (Underwriters Laboratories) and the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC). Participants reviewed […]

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) – the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide – has released Connecting with Music, the 2017 Music Consumer Insight Report. Based on research conducted by Ipsos Connect, the report examines the ways in which fans are engaging with recorded music across 13 of […]

Russia’s media and communications watchdog Roskomnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Telecom, Information Technologies and Mass Communications) has permanently blocked 234 digital piracy websites, according to Alexander Zharov, head of the body. Zharov declared that the fight against digital piracy is successful. According to Zharov, the Moscow City Court blocked 3,700 websites […]

If there can be a ‘beIN’ sports offering then it could be logical that someone might offer a ‘beOUT’ alternate. The problem is that Saudi Arabian-based ‘beoutQ’ is streaming beIN’s exclusive sports content in Saudi Arabia – and elsewhere – without permission. Qatar-based (and currently not having the best diplomatic relations with Saudi Arabia) beIN […]