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Every year, the US Trade Representative (USTR) asks interested stakeholders to identify \u2018notorious\u2019 foreign piracy markets.<\/p>\nEvery year, the US Trade Representative (USTR) asks interested stakeholders to identify \u2018notorious\u2019 foreign piracy markets.<\/p>\n
Responses typically list the Pirate Bays of this world, but they also mention websites and services that don\u2019t see themselves as pirate markets.<\/p>\n
Polish video-on-demand (VOD) platform CDA.pl falls in the latter category. The video platform has been flagged as a notorious pirate service by the MPA since 2018. While CDA has filed several rebuttals, the movie industry group continues to double down on its claims. <\/p>\n
In the most recent recommendation, CDA was highlighted again<\/a>, with the MPA describing it as \u201cPoland\u2019s most popular piracy website, with traffic levels eclipsing several legitimate video-on-demand services in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n CDA has repeatedly objected to these piracy claims<\/a>, and it continues to do so. A few days ago, the Polish company sent a new rebuttal to the USTR, repeating much of what it has said before. The main gist is that CDA operates legally and transparently, while minding the interests of rightsholders. <\/p>\n \u201cCda.pl is not a piracy website, it operates in full accordance with the Polish and European legal regulations,\u201d the rebuttal starts, adding that the company operates in the open and pays taxes, like any other business.<\/p>\n CDA believes that the pirate label is grossly inaccurate. The company is listed on the alternative<\/a> NewConnect stock exchange, which means that, in addition to tax reporting obligations, it\u2019s also subject to various EU stock exchanges and financial regulations.<\/p>\n Since the company operates a large subscription-based streaming platform, it views itself as a competitor to those offered by the MPA\u2019s members. CDA believes that the piracy comments could therefore be seen as competitive pressure tool. <\/p>\n \u201cMPA\u2019s opinion re. CDA.pl presented to this Office cannot be treated as objective but rather as a means of pressure on competition,\u201d the rebuttal reads.<\/p>\n In addition to operating a VOD platform, CDA also has a section where users can upload content. That can include pirated content, which forms the basis of Hollywood\u2019s complaints.<\/p>\n The company acknowledges that user-uploaded content may include copyright-infringing works but stresses that several anti-piracy mechanisms are in place to minimize abuse. <\/p>\n For example, the rebuttal mentions that the VOD platform has a fully functional notice and takedown system that allows rightsholders to remove infringing content. Some companies, including major Hollywood studios, are even permitted to remove content directly, without CDA getting in the way.<\/p>\n Furthermore, CDA has developed a \u201cfingerprint\u201d system to detect potentially infringing content, which is similar to YouTube\u2019s Content ID system. That should help to further limit abuse. <\/p>\n Interestingly, CDA\u2019s attorney suggests that MPA doesn\u2019t seem eager to remove content. The Hollywood group reportedly reached out in December 2022, mentioning examples of infringing content. <\/p>\n These allegations lacked specificity, but the MPA didn\u2019t provide more concrete information on the alleged infringements when CDA asked for it. The organization didn\u2019t use the direct takedown tool either, after it was granted access.<\/p>\n \u201c[I]n order to meet the needs of MPA, my Client provided this organization with access to the direct takedown tool, creating and configuring an account that allows MPA to freely access content on the platform, search for copyright infringing content and delete it.<\/p>\n \u201cDespite this and despite subsequent reminders, to date MPA has neither provided links to the infringing materials nor exercised the option to remove them on its own.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n According to CDA, the MPA has removed some false statements that were included previously. However, it continues to misrepresent the company as a \u201cpiracy website\u201d that uses Cloudflare to \u201cmask the IP location\u201d of its domain names. <\/p>\n This is nonsense, the rebuttal notes, as CDA doesn\u2019t use Cloudflare to hide its IP-addresses. Instead, the company stresses that it uses Cloudflare as a cybersecurity provider to protect it against DDoS-attacks, among other things. <\/p>\n In fact, CDA says that the servers where the video files are stored are not behind Cloudflare, suggesting that the MPA could see the IP-addresses where this content is stored. <\/p>\n In conclusion, it\u2019s clear that MPA and CDA have an entirely different opinion on the status of the Polish video streaming service. After years of reports and rebuttals, this isn\u2019t going to change anytime soon. <\/p>\n What ultimately matters is what the USTR thinks of it all. That remains a mystery. What we do know is that MPA\u2019s comments never made it into the Government\u2019s final notorious markets overview, because CDA has never been included thus far. <\/p>\n \u2014<\/em><\/p>\n A copy of the rebuttal, sent to the USTR by CDA\u2019s law firm Konieczny Wierzbicki, is available here (pdf)<\/a><\/p>\n From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n![\"CDA\"](\"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/cda-mpa-2024.jpg\")
<\/center><\/p>\nCDA Rebuts MPA\u2019s Piracy Claims<\/h2>\n
Copyright Concerns<\/h2>\n
\u2018MPA Didn\u2019t Use Takedown Tool\u2019<\/h2>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nFalse Statements<\/h2>\n