The Quiet Rise of Real-Time Crime Centers
Cities across the US have established RTCCs that police say protect the rights of innocent people, but critics warn of creeping surveillance. Powered by...
ACE Shuts Down Another ‘Cuevana’ But the Whac-a-Mole Persists
If we didn’t know better, we might conclude that ‘Cuevana’ is Spanish for ‘mole’. The popular streaming piracy brand first appeared on the radar in 2009 and anti-piracy forces have been trying to ‘whack’ it ever since. The original Cuevana site was founded by Tomas Escobar, at the time an engineering student in Cordoba, Argentina. By offering a Netflix-type streaming experience, with a bigger catalog and without any subscription fees,...
Global Anti-Piracy Coalition Eyes Polish, Hungarian & Bulgarian Targets
The Signal Association (Stowarzyszenie Sygnał) is Poland’s leading audiovisual sector anti-piracy group. Among the group’s stated objectives are protecting film and musical works from piracy and promoting intellectual property standards found in Europe and the United States. Many Signal members are well known outside Poland, with the majority also members of other anti-piracy groups, including the Alliance for Creativity and...
