Live-sports streaming service DAZN, has joined anti-piracy coalition the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to tackle the piracy operations that threaten the sports broadcasting and streaming industry. In welcoming DAZN, the coalition is launching the ACE Sports Piracy Task Force. The task force will further enhance and coordinate ACE’s efforts to target sports piracy […]
The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) has released its 2023 Special 301 Report on the adequacy and effectiveness of US trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights. “Innovation and creativity are at the heart of American competitiveness. That is why the Biden-Harris Administration’s new story on trade includes lifting […]
According to research firm Parks Associates, by the end of 2027, there will be a cumulative loss to piracy of $113 billion (€103bn) for streaming video providers serving US consumers. Parks’ latest forecast reveals piracy rates for US streaming services in film and television programming are expected to rise from 22 per cent in 2022 […]
The Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG), the programme to fight criminal activity and strengthen brand safety in digital advertising, has released the second annual report on its anti-piracy initiative, Project Brand Integrity (PBI), highlighting its continued success in reducing ad-supported piracy in Europe. The report found that 86 per cent of brands contacted by PBI in […]
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has issued a statement confirming that it supports the work of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in pursuing the adoption of a WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty. “The adoption of a WIPO Broadcasting Organizations Treaty would harmonise the copyright protection granted to broadcasting organisations by setting minimum standards internationally,” said, […]
Ruth Vitale, CEO of US creative industries trade body CreativeFuture, has called for members of Congress to discuss site blocking legislation. Writing an opinion piece in political blog The Hill, Vitale notes that after 30+ years of working as an indie film distributor, she became CreativeFuture’s CEO out of a deep concern that the US […]
The European VOD Coalition, which represents video-on-demand (VoD) companies active across the entire EU, has suggested the EU legal regime needs further strengthening to help us protect its members’ content, arguing that the increasingly important role that VoD platforms play within the entertainment industry is threatened by the growing risk of piracy. “As such, we […]
Pro-copyright consumer education body The Industry Trust for IP Awareness and trade body the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) are calling for a joined-up whole society approach to champion the audiovisual industry and the importance of copyright. The Trust has released an overview of the current infringement landscape with supportive measures set out to […]
A police operation that disrupts websites illegally providing access to copyrighted content stopped £6 million of advertising revenue from UK traffic reaching these websites in 2022. Operation Creative was launched by the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) at City of London Police in 2013 to tackle the funding of illegal streaming websites, which have […]
Clinton Hartland, licensee of The Watering Trough pub in Walsall, West Midlands has been found guilty in his absence of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission. In this case, Hartland televised Sky Sports football matches, with the intent to avoid payment of the applicable commercial subscription charge. Sky Sports is only available […]