{"id":71853,"date":"2023-03-10T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=71853"},"modified":"2023-03-10T09:00:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T09:00:51","slug":"ace-new-anti-piracy-coalition-target-south-korean-video-piracy-globally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=71853","title":{"rendered":"ACE & New Anti-Piracy Coalition Target South Korean Video Piracy Globally"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"noonoo-logo\"<\/a>Millions of subscribers to Western streaming services will testify to the South Korean content explosion of recent years.<\/p>\n

The \u2018Korean Wave\u2019 cultural phenomenon, boosted by movies and TV shows such as Squid Game, Train to Busan, and Parasite, is something to behold. <\/p>\n

From the successes of BTS and Psy\u2019s Gangnam Style to the magnificent \u2018Oldboy\u2019 released two decades ago, South Korean entertainment quite rightfully receives worldwide appreciation. If everyone actually paid for these pleasures, that would be the icing on the cake for South Korea.<\/p>\n

Oppa Anti-Pirate Style<\/h2>\n

In a combined effort to crack down on piracy of local content, major South Korean broadcasters, including KBS, MBC and JTBC, the Korea Film and Video Copyright Association (film producers and distributors), plus streaming platforms TVING and Wavve, have announced the formation of a new, piracy-fighting coalition.<\/p>\n

The Video Copyright Protection Council (\uc774\ud558 \uc601\ubcf4\ud611) will receive support from the South Korean government\u2019s Copyright Commission<\/a> as it works to curtail both local and overseas pirates. An interesting factor here is that the project involves the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment, the world\u2019s largest anti-piracy coalition.<\/p>\n

First Official Target Revealed<\/h2>\n

The new coalition is expected to file a criminal complaint in South Korea today targeting pirate streaming giant Noonoo TV. While unfamiliar to many in the West, the site offers movies and TV shows to an audience of tens of millions, making it one of the more obvious choices for enforcement action.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The anti-piracy coalition blames Noonoo TV for falling subscriber numbers on legal streaming services. According to various reports, in February Noonoo TV\u2019s operator claimed that the platform\u2019s video content had accumulated more than 1.5 billion views, a figure that would outstrip traffic to legal alternatives.<\/p>\n

Alleged Damages: 5,000,000,000,000 South Korean Won<\/h2>\n

Five trillion won at today\u2019s rates equates to roughly $3.78 billion, an unprecedented damages claim for a copyright case. Ahn Sang-pil, deputy director of MBC\u2019s legal team, says<\/a> the amount is justified.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe amount of damage to the domestic video industry caused by Noonoo TV is estimated to be 4.9 trillion won when simply calculated considering the number of views and VOD,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cUntil now, companies have been responding individually to copyright infringement, but illegal distribution of videos using torrent downloads as well as Noonoo TV has become serious, so we have decided to join forces.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus far, efforts to stop Noonoo TV have yielded limited results.<\/p>\n

ISP Blockades Were Quickly Countered<\/h2>\n

Rightsholders say that NooNoo TV generates significant revenue from gambling advertising. Gambling is prohibited in South Korea under laws that forbid anyone from achieving monetary gains (or losses) from wagers that attempt to predict the outcome of activities based on chance.<\/p>\n

A cursory view of the site\u2019s homepage reveals the presence of gambling adverts but accessing the site isn\u2019t straightforward. Originally operating from Noonoo.tv, the site has deployed dozens of domains to circumvent ISP blocking measures implemented in 2022.<\/p>\n

After starting out with noonoo.tv, blocks were countered with noonoo1.tv, noonoo2.tv and noonoo3.tv. After burning through sequential variants, at the time of writing the site\u2019s Telegram channel<\/a> says it can be found at noonoo32.tv but how long that will last is difficult to say.<\/p>\n

As most people testing any of these domains will quickly discover, accessing Noonoo TV isn\u2019t straightforward. The site geo-blocks visitors from outside South Korea and, in many cases, even a VPN fails to solve the problem.<\/p>\n

Where the site is operated from isn\u2019t clear either. Until fairly recently it was claimed to operate out of Paraguay but more recently attention has shifted to the Dominican Republic. It\u2019s certainly possible \u2013 if not likely \u2013 that the site operates out of neither. <\/p>\n

The coalition, meanwhile, seems particularly keen to find out.<\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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