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Survey: Vietnam online piracy among highest in SE Asia

A study of the online content viewing behaviour of Vietnamese consumers has found that 60 per cent access streaming piracy websites or torrent sites. The levels of piracy went as high as 65 per cent within the 18-24 age demographic. The survey, commissioned by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and conducted […]

May 17, 2021By Colin Mann

123movies.la illegal streaming site closed

The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) – a global coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing online piracy – has been successful in a first action in Tunisia, resulting in the closure of 123movies.la. From its debut in late 2017, 123movies.la received an average of nearly 30 million monthly visits, making […]

May 10, 2021By Colin Mann

Study: Limited SVoD access aids piracy growth

The growth of OTT services may be accompanied by a rise in pirated content, particularly where access to those services may be restricted, according to the findings of a group of academic researchers. The researchers studied the effects of

May 7, 2021By Colin Mann

Triller offers clemency to boxing pirates

Streaming platform Triller said it will will not pursue legal action against boxing fans who pirated the platform’s April 17th fight between Jake Paul and Ben Askren provided they pay the original $49.99 price before June 1st. Over 2 million illegal streams of the Triller Fight Club bout occurred, the company said, and it will […]

May 4, 2021

Interpol project to tackle digital piracy

With reports of digital piracy increasing by more than 60 per cent in some countries during the past 12 months, intergovernmental crimefighting body Interpol is launching a new project to tackle this fast-growing crime area. With €2.7 million funding from the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism, the five-year Interpol Stop Online Piracy (I-SOP) […]

May 4, 2021By Colin Mann

Chisora vs Parker illegal streaming warning

In advance of the Derek Chisora vs Joseph Parker heavyweight boxing bout on May 1st, Kieron Sharp, CEO of UK intellectual property protection body FACT, has warned of the dangers of illegally streaming the fight, being shown live on Sky Sports Box Office at a cost of £19.95 (€23.00). “With the Chisora versus Parker fight […]

April 29, 2021By Colin Mann

Triller launches $100m piracy lawsuit

Triller Fight Club has filed a lawsuit in US District Court of Central California naming many streaming sites with regard to widespread piracy that impacted their April 17th Triller Fight Club Pay Per View event that was held at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The lawsuit seeks $100 million in damages from the groups named. […]

April 27, 2021

Friend MTS, Akamai anti-piracy collaboration

Content protection services provider Friend MTS has expanded its partnership with intelligent edge platform Akamai. The companies will now offer content owners, broadcasters and operators a new smart server-side A/B variant watermarking solution based on the Friend MTS ASiD OTT Edge-switched technology and Akamai’s Access Revocation solution / technology. Akamai customers now have access to […]

April 23, 2021By Colin Mann

Survey: Availability and cost remain online piracy drivers

The latest wave of the Online copyright infringement tracker survey from the UK’s Intellectual Property Office suggests that during lockdown, some respondents reported that with their general consumption in entertainment increasing, so too did their use of illegal sources, with motivations being a lack of access to specific content on streaming subscriptions, availability on existing […]

April 16, 2021By Colin Mann

Russia: Pandemic drives legal service usage

Findings from Group-IB, a global threat hunting and adversary-centric cyber intelligence company, estimate the revenue of the video piracy market in Russia in 2020 at $59 million. The market decline has slowed down, however, with 7 per cent drop in 2020 compared to 27 per cent in 2019. Online pirates were not quite successful in […]

April 1, 2021By Colin Mann