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October 29, 2018 1:08 AM
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The government wants to significantly expand the scope of laws that currently allow copyright owners and licensees to seek court orders forcing Australian Internet service providers (ISPs) to block their customers from accessing sites that facilitate online piracy.
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October 29, 2018 1:07 AM
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The UK’s Minister for Intellectual Property, Sam Gyimah, has highlighted the continued Government clampdown on users and providers of illicit streaming boxes who cause damage to the nation’s £92 billion (€103.45bn) creative industries.
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October 29, 2018 1:06 AM
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Zhang Chaoyang, CEO of Sohu TV, took shots at various online storage sites for hosting pirated versions of the company's self-produced content on Thursday.
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October 29, 2018 1:04 AM
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Warning: Downloading Game of Thrones on illegal piracy networks could potentially open the door for cybercriminals to hijack your computer. Piggybacking on pirated content is a tactic long employed by the internet’s underworld. But hackers are increasingly are turning to pirated episodes of popular TV shows as a vehicle to deliver malicious software, according to new research released 26 Sept.
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October 29, 2018 1:01 AM
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Researchers from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, conducted a study to find out which piracy warnings are seen as most effective by the general public. As it turns out, more explicit variants tend to be favoured. "STOP. This is illegal. You may be monitored and you may be fined," paired with an appropriate warning icon, is seen as relatively most effective.
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October 3, 2018 12:45 AM
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The Cabinet Office presented a draft report on Sept. 13 stating that blocking access to websites illicitly showing pirated manga and other copyrighted materials free of charge could be a policy option in countering such practices.
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October 3, 2018 12:43 AM
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Experts from the European Union Intellectual Property Office in Spain uncovered the files hidden in fake game installers and other free programs that give hackers access to your device.
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September 20, 2018 4:23 AM
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TVB has won its case to have the domain names associated with seven set-top boxes blocked in the Australian Federal Court.
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September 19, 2018 11:47 PM
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Officers from Hampshire County Council’s Trading Standards Service, in the south of England, assisted by colleagues from Hampshire Constabulary, have executed a warrant at an address in the county, as part of an investigation into alleged offences arising from the streaming of copyright television.
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September 19, 2018 11:44 PM
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La Liga, the premier division of the Spanish football league, has found a novel way of limiting access to pirate IPTV providers all around the world. Rather than utilise fancy ISP blocking techniques, La Liga is filing DMCA notices with Google, in an effort to remove IPTV sales portals from search results. In many cases, the scheme is fruitful.
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September 5, 2018 10:39 PM
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Warren Gleave, of Burnley in the northwest of England, has been sentenced to 16 months in prison having been found guilty of selling illicit streaming devices pre-loaded with premium content.
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September 5, 2018 10:36 PM
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It was billed as the biggest event in internet history, and it was seen around the world: a fight between two YouTubers watched by nearly two million people online. But far less than half of them actually paid to do so, Only around 830,000 people actually paid £7.50 ($10) to watch Logan Paul and KSI battle to a fiercely-fought draw on the official live stream from Manchester Arena.
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September 5, 2018 10:33 PM
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MPAA chairman Charles Rivkin said “the message is getting louder by the day” that internet platforms “must bear responsibility” and “must do more to address the harms that, wittingly or not, they facilitate".
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October 29, 2018 1:08 AM
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Sites that link to copyright-infringing content aren't currently illegal under Japanese law but efforts are underway to close the loophole. The government is considering prison terms of up to five years for site operators who knowingly link to pirated content and refuse to respond to takedowns requests.
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October 29, 2018 1:06 AM
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French cloud computing company OVH plans to triple investment in the coming years to take on U.S. Internet giants Amazon and Alphabet's Google in this fast-growing sector.
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October 29, 2018 1:04 AM
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The Agency for Cultural Affairs is set to ban so-called "leech sites" that lead internet users to websites offering bootlegged materials such as manga and movies, and punish their operators with prison terms, according to people familiar with the decision.
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October 29, 2018 1:02 AM
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It takes a village to make a movie or a television show. We need to protect this village because the revenue it creates has a cumulative positive effect for the nation’s economy.
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October 29, 2018 1:01 AM
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More than 26,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 were caught watching live TV or BBC iPlayer without a TV Licence in the past year, according to figures released by TV Licensing.
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October 3, 2018 12:43 AM
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The Intellectual Property Department (IPD) is seeking to amend the Copyright Act to allow copyright owners to remove pirated content from websites without having to go through time-consuming court proceedings.
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October 3, 2018 12:42 AM
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Research shows almost a third of New Zealanders regularly pirate sport and entertainment, either by downloading, streaming, using Kodi boxes or by other methods.
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September 19, 2018 11:48 PM
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Last month Casbaa rebranded itself to the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA). The organisation's Coalition Against Piracy remains in place though, with illicit streaming devices as one of the top priorities. According to AVIA's Neil Gane, collaboration between various industries is required to successfully disrupt this piracy ecosystem.
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September 19, 2018 11:46 PM
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The Coalition Against Piracy (CAP), an initiative of the Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) which is a collective of Asian and international entertainment companies and distribution platforms, expressed its support for #PlayItRight, an award-winning anti-piracy advocacy campaign of Globe Telecom in the Philippines.
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September 19, 2018 11:43 PM
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Dr Abe Peled, incoming chairman of Synamedia, the company being created from the sale of Cisco’s Service Provider Video Software Solutions business to a company backed by the Permira funds, has suggested that streaming piracy is the new scourge of pay TV operators, with the business looking to introduce a service related to combating the threat.
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September 5, 2018 10:38 PM
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Time for the internet to grow up? Critical US DMCA safe harbour rules in the spotlight.
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September 5, 2018 10:36 PM
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The video portal of Russian search giant Yandex will be blocked today on the orders of the Moscow City Court after the company refused to remove links to pirated content. Yandex says the order is unlawful and will launch an appeal but the local telecoms watchdog is already warning of potential over-blocking that could affect all of Yandex's services.
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