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Tag Archives: piracy
Gen Z Leading a New Wave of Internet Piracy (Motherboard)
Cinelytic CEO: Finding the Silver (Data) Lining in Pervasive Piracy
LOS ANGELES — Nobody in the industry is a fan of piracy and peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing. It’s billions out of the pockets of content owners, creators, and everyone associat... More
IFPI Forces Closure of Site That Sold ‘Fake’ Plays on Spotify, YouTube (Billboard)
A legal injunction has been placed against one of Europe's leading "fake stream" sites, ordering it to close. The order was filed against Followerschmiede.de in the Berlin District... More
Could Streaming Giants Start to Clamp Down on Password Sharing? (Marketplace)
Restricting password sharing doesn’t have an easy solution. Streaming providers are developing different approaches to combat the practice without having to institute Draconian m... More
Archivists are Saving the History of Internet Piracy (Vice)
An ongoing project to catalog the history of piracy has just topped the 300 gigabyte mark, with a goal of offering a searchable index of more than 5 terabytes of piracy-related met... More
Piracy Crackdown: FBI Shut Down Two Massive Illegal Film, TV Streaming Sites (IBT)
The FBI has traced two sizable illegal streaming sites to a pair of Las-Vegas-based programmers after an investigation. Darryl Polo, 36, and Luis Villarino, 40, have pleaded guilty... More
Irdeto Credited with Assist in South African Pirate Streaming Arrest (CDSA)
A Dec. 4 arrest of a Cape Town man accused of illegally selling pirate internet streaming devices and online content subscriptions is being celebrated by digital platform security ... More
Taking a Holistic Approach to Fighting Streaming Piracy (NAGRA Blog)
With so many providers, consumers are forced to effectively create their own bundles – often at greater cost than if it was still available through one provider. For some this �... More
Piracy Crackdown May Be Next Front in Streaming Wars (THR)
Controlling user access to platforms (password sharing) will be a priority as major conglomerates bet on new direct-to-consumer digital services. ... More
HITS Fall: Genpact Heads Talk New Approaches to Copyright Enforcement
It’s a hyper-connected world and media and entertainment companies are constantly on the lookout for new, digital solutions to protect their content, their brand and their standa... More