Anti-Piracy

 

NAB Show: CISA Chief of Staff Stresses Collaboration at Content Protection Summit

LAS VEGAS — Kiersten E. Todt, chief of staff of the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), delivered a message of collaboration against threats during h... More

CDNs, DRMs and Tokens; How can they Work Together to Prevent Piracy, Escalating Costs? (NAGRA Blog)

DRM requires multiple layers of security to secure an OTT service. Illegal access is not only creating additional cost for operators but is also putting them in difficult positions... More

More Orgs Suffered Successful Phishing Attacks in 2021 Than in 2020 (Dark Reading)

Threat actors maintained their relentless attacks on enterprise end users for yet another year, new study shows.... More

Pirate Flags: Music Business says Piracy Still Threatens Its Future (Forbes)

As far as the record industry is concerned, the existential (and the literal) threat of piracy has not been negated by the rise of streaming. Legal action continues and studies cla... More

Music Piracy Has Plummeted in the Past 5 Years – But in 2021, it Slowly Started Growing Again (MBW)

Music streaming has long been hailed as the killer of music piracy.While there’s no that doubt that streaming has transformed the fortunes of the major labels, and that subscript... More

Friend MTS, Serie A Extend Partnership

Friend MTS confirmed their three-season extension with Lega Serie A, marking a decade-long partnership as provider of anti-piracy services for Italian football’s top tier. (more&... More

Crypto Scams: The Latest and How to Avoid Them (Richie May Blog)

Blackmailing. Phishing. Smurfing. Crypto scams like these are rising at an alarming rate, as are the damages they inflict. With more and more alternative investment clients using c... More

Which Sports Tempt Fans to Pirate Streaming? (Sports Pro)

Simon Brydon, Synamedia's senior director of security business development for sport, reveals some striking insights into which individual sports trigger piracy and what can be don... More

Study: Digital Piracy Declining in Europe (Advanced Television)

A new study concludes that digital piracy is declining for all three types of content and that differences among the Member States can be explained by socio-economic factors such a... More

Mastering the Metrics: Understanding the Potentially Significant Implications of Piracy (NAGRA Blog)

Learn why an investment in anti-piracy is an investment in protecting profit margins and securing markets. A successful fight against piracy will reduce customer acquisition costs ... More

Fighting Video Piracy as a Multifaceted Endeavor, Says Avigail Gutman (TV Technology)

The Synamedia VP talks frankly about how the company finds and combats content pirates... More

No Time to Die for Hollywood (NAGRA Blog)

Olivier Biot shares his views on how Studios are fighting piracy in the direct-to-streaming era as they cannot rely on just one tactic. They need to invest in multiple lines of def... More

Dutch ISPs Strike Piracy Blow (BTN)

Dutch ISPs and copyright owners have reached an agreement on blocking websites with illegal content following a court ruling. The ‘Blocking Websites Covenant’ was signed by the... More

Synamedia OTT ServiceGuard Slams the Hammer Down on Piracy

Synamedia launched Synamedia OTT ServiceGuard to shut out streaming pirates. For the first time, the media and entertainment industry can systemically address the inherent weakness... More

Piracy and the Premier League: How One Ripped Stream Undermines Everything (Forbes)

Even as internet piracy disrupted the business models of other entertainment industries, like music or cinema, audiences around the globe have remained willing to pay ever-increasi... More

The Government Strategy That Reduced Online Piracy Among 16- to 24-Year-Olds (The Drum)

The UK’s creative industry supports around 2.8 million UK jobs each year and contributes about £10 million per hour to the UK economy. If online piracy continues at this rate, i... More

Theater Owners Sound Piracy Alarm Over Disney+ ‘Black Widow’ Streaming Reveal (THR)

Major exhibitors attributed the Marvel film’s ‘stunning collapse’ in week two to the Hollywood giant’s $30 direct-to-consumer experiment as the film tops illegal download l... More

$1B Piracy Ruling Could Force ISPs to Disconnect More Internet Users (Ars Technica)

A billion-dollar judgment in a piracy lawsuit involving a major Internet service provider could force ISPs to terminate more customer accounts and "punish the innocent and guilty a... More

Italy Deals Major Blows to IPTV Pirates (AT)

Italy’s Financial Police, based in Milan, have identified and seized two illegal IPTV transmission centres located in Switzerland and Sicily.... More

INTERPOL Launches Digital Piracy Project (IS)

The International Criminal Police Organisation (INTERPOL) is launching a new five-year project to tackle digital piracy following a significant increase in the number of offences. ... More

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