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Elsevier and other academic publishers see ‘pirate’ site Sci-Hub as a major threat to their billion-dollar industries. Many researchers, however, can’t function properly without the notorious site. Since anti-piracy efforts are unlikely to beat the site, perhaps it’s time for the publishers to draw a lesson from Sci-Hub instead? Sci-Hub has often been referred to […]
Top Italian football league Serie A has launched a brand new campaign with its CEO claiming that cinema, TV and football will be “destroyed” by piracy. Directly underneath, however, Serie A is carrying adverts for 1XBET, the Russia-based gambling outfit that has its branding plastered over dozens of cam-recorded pirated movies. 1XBET is an official […]
Earlier this month, the US Department of Commerce requested input from the public on several piracy-related matters. Specifically, it wanted to know more about counterfeit and pirated goods that pass through online third-party marketplaces, and how this can be curbed. Responding to this request, industry groups MPAA, IFTA, CreativeFuture, and SAG-AFTRA bundled their views on […]
Top-tier Spanish football league LaLiga says it will team up with Belgium’s Pro League for another season to fight piracy. When announcing the deal, LaLiga also revealed results for the previous campaign in which it removed more than 700 ‘pirate’ apps from Google Play and iTunes while targeting links to streaming sites and IPTV platforms. […]
The Media Communication Union, which represents the interests of major media and telecoms companies in Russia, has revealed its new anti-piracy system. Set to be delivered to copyright holders in July, the system is said to utilize neural networks in order to self-learn while reducing the need for human intervention. Last November, major media and […]
On April 24, 2019, within hours of Avengers: Endgame being released in China, at least two copies of the movie appeared online after being recorded in cinemas. The movie industry is determined to counter this ‘camming’ threat but is there really a technological solution? A China-based partnership claim they have the answer – but do […]
Anti-piracy work by its very nature is usually conducted in the shadows, with only the results visible to the public. However, a job listing posted by the BPI recently gives more insight, with the right candidate managing everything from investigations through to covert credit cards, covert drop addresses, and covert social media accounts. Even working […]
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the huge anti-piracy coalition that already boasts 33 of the world’s largest entertainment companies as members, is about to get bigger. According to MPAA chief Charles Rivkin, the global initiative is about to get a “dramatic” expansion, which is likely to place further pressure on pirates worldwide. For more […]
Anti-piracy PSAs come in all shapes and sizes but most fail to hit the mark due to ridiculous scare tactics and over dramatization. A new PSA recently released in conjunction with EU Intellectual Property Office is unique in that it actually makes an effort to see the issue from the perspective of the average user. […]
When pirate sites are getting blocked left, right and center, those offering copied content need to get creative. According to reports in Russian media, eBook pirates are exploiting loopholes in the law to sell content to consumers, not only completely privately but without fear of criminal sanctions. With many thousands of sites now blocked in […]