New Pirate IPTV Crackdown, Déjà Vu, and the Resilience of Organized Crime
Italy generates more headlines concerning boots-on-the-ground anti-piracy operations than any other country in Europe. If we consider volume of events, no other member state comes anywhere close. If the claimed number of subscribers of every service allegedly shut down in the last decade were added together, the whole of Europe combined couldn’t mount a credible challenge. Yet, the larger the subscriber numbers, the more difficult it...
U.S. Rightsholders Urge China to Take Action Against ‘Export-Only’ Piracy Services
The American copyright industry generates billions of dollars in annual revenue and its content is generally viewed as one of the country’s primary exports. Whether they produce movies, music, software, or content for the publishing sector, U.S. companies are among the market leaders. U.S. companies also have a clear presence in China, and with more than a billion potential consumers, it’s a massive market. This offers enormous...
