Piracy Monitor E-Newsletter: Vol. 2 - Issue 03 - February 13, 2020
From Piracy Monitor, with news and reference about video piracy: piracy cases, their causes, available countermeasures, solutions and research. If you like Piracy Monitor, pass it on. If it's new to you, then Welcome! ** If this was forwarded to you, please subscribe for more.
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One of the original video pirates may soon be extradited to the US to face charges. The US Patent office has published an anti-piracy patent application by US pay TV provider DISH Network. Six piracy operations were closed down in Bulgaria. The coming NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) initiative includes security measures. A March conference will include an appearance by beIN Media, a victim of the beoutQ piracy operation. Stories below!
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Notorious pirate fined NZ$2,500
The operator of Megaupload failed in his attempt to blame national intelligence in New Zealand for spying and was fined for expenses. A decision is soon expected to extradite him to the US to face an indictment that Megaupload generated “more than $175 million in criminal proceeds and cause(d) more than half a billion dollars in harm to copyright owners.” (More...)
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IP: DISH Network’s blockchain-enhanced anti-piracy patent application is published
It describes an anti-piracy system that would use a combination of watermarking and the blockchain to verify usage rights. Over the past decade, DISH has lost about a third of its satellite TV subscribers to cord-cutting in favor of over-the-top services and other forms of competition, including pirate streaming. (More...)
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Bulgaria: Six piracy operations shut down in collaborative sting
Europol announced that the Supreme Prosecutor’s Office of Cassation of Bulgaria led an operation against six illegal IP-video distributors in that country. This instance again shows that anti-piracy is a collaborative effort between multiple law enforcement and legal agencies at a country level and across the EU. (More...)
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Synamedia: A Guide to Addressing Streaming Video Credentials Sharing The Smart Way
There are two kinds of video account credential sharing: casual and fraudulent. The major factor driving them both is cost. Learn about credential sharing and password fraud in action, their impact on video business, and ways that video providers can address them. [Sponsored] (More...)
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MusicWatch piracy outlook: What can the video industry learn?
MusicWatch, a market research service for the music and entertainment industry, released a summary of new research about online music piracy. If video piracy’s market adoption lifecycle also runs 20 years, many years remain before the problem of video piracy subsides. (More...)
Events, opinion and sponsors after the Research break...
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Parks Associates - Video Piracy: Ecosystem, Risks and Impact
This 2020 report finds the value of pirate video services accessed by pay-TV and non-pay-TV consumers could exceed $67 billion worldwide by 2023. It examines trends in content piracy, methods for stopping these emerging piracy methods, provides a five-year forecast for the impact of piracy on the video industry and includes several piracy case studies. (More...)
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Connected TV conference panel to include beIN Media
Connected TV World Summit, taking place in London on March 18 and 19, will include a segment dedicated to video piracy. A panel session during that segment will include a senior executive of beIN Media, a victim of one of the world's most costly video piracy operations. (More...)
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beoutQ: The world's biggest pirate operation?
One of the worlds largest video piracy operations continues, as beoutQ remains in the industry spotlight. For those readers unfamiliar with beoutQ, this article aggregates information that is available across multiple public source into one article. (More...)
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ATSC 3.0 and anti-piracy: are DRM and encryption enough?
It’s an industry-wide technology initiative by broadcasters and the consumer electronics industry to modernize broadcast television and make it interactive. Before you ask why you would still need over-the-air service, think about the last time you couldn’t get a mobile signal or your pay TV operator’s network failed. (More...)
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Piracy: Friend, foe, or both?
A recent NPR Marketplace radio program ran a radio segment and an article on video piracy. On one hand, piracy is costly: the world’s media companies are increasingly concerned about losses stemming from piracy. On the other hand, it can help video providers extend their reach.. (More...)
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