Piracy
Sony may launch monitoring application to block piracy apps on Android TV
Tech giant Sony is reportedly planning to release a monitoring application on smart TVs and streaming devices that will block sideloaded piracy applications
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Lok Sabha passes Anti-maritime Piracy Bill to promote trade security
Lok Sabha passed the Anti-maritime Piracy Bill, 2019 that seeks to provide an effective legal instrument to combat piracy not only in territorial waters and the EEZ but also on the high seas
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TMS Ep217: Central wheat stock, copycat brands, Nifty50, digital piracy
What is the impact of dwindling central wheat stock in India? What's driving the problem of copycat brand names? Will Nifty50 reclaim 17,000 this week? What is digital piracy? All answers here
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What is digital piracy?
Pirated music and video content cost the US and leading economies of the world billions each year, according to DataProt. What all include digital piracy? Let's take a peek into its dark world.
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Nintendo hacker settles Switch piracy lawsuit for $10 mn in restitution
Gary Bowser, a member of a group of hackers called Team-Xecuter, has been ordered to pay $10 million to settle a Nintendo lawsuit against him over piracy charges
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Original content creators losing money as digital piracy rises: EY
The second wave of Covid-19 has accelerated digital piracy in India, which was already on the rise when the pandemic hit the country last year, making original content creators lose money
Explained: How the monitoring tool works to identify online pirated content
Intelligent tools are being deployed to detect content pirated from streaming platforms
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Snapdeal, 4 Indian shopping complexes figure in US Notorious Markets List
Snapdeal, along with four Indian shopping complexes, two of them in New Delhi alone, have figured in the latest 2020 Review of Notorious Markets for Counterfeiting and Piracy
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'Star Wars' spinoff 'The Mandalorian' most pirated show of 2020
'The Mandalorian' was the most pirated television programme of 2020 using BitTorrent, according to an analysis from TorrentFreak
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Trai rules out intervention for OTT services; COAI says issues unaddressed
Trai further said that no regulatory interventions are needed for privacy and security related issues of OTT services for now
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Amazon's foreign websites named in US piracy and counterfeiting report
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative on Wednesday cited allegations of counterfeit goods sold on the Seattle-based online retailer's websites in Canada, Germany, France, India and the UK
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Pirates kidnap 20 Indians aboard commercial vessel off west African coast
The incident comes 10 days after 18 Indians on board a Hong Kong-flagged vessel were kidnapped by pirates near the Nigerian coast
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Nabbing the pirates: These digital tools are helping fight piracy in India
MarkScan estimates that by just spending a few lakhs of rupees on the protection exercise, producers can earn additional revenues of between Rs 15.03 crore and Rs 30.06 crore per movie in five months
Building a culture of success
Why we need Silicon Valley's sharing spirit in India
How India must fight the battle against piracy
The music and film industries in India have massive domestic as well as global presence, generating revenues of about Rs 10.7 billion and Rs 175 billion respectively in 2018
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Statspeak: How media, entertainment sector faces a major piracy problem
Even with the popularity of web videos, visits to P2P sites in India still account for 60% of its piracy activity
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Piracy crackdown: China shuts down over 3,900 websites, deletes 6 mn links
Online copyright infringement has been curbed and the public's awareness of copyright protection has been raised remarkably, said the administration
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Piracy, IPR violation funds terror, need to sensitise police: Rajnath
Singh asked police to not take these violations lightly as they have direct links with public safety
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This startup solves a problem common to Netflix, Facebook, and Baahubali
VdoCipher tackles problem of piracy with proprietary encryption, reports Tech In Aisa
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Despite Netflix and Amazon Prime, most of the world watches pirated content
52% of those surveyed said they watch pirated videos, reports Tech in Asia
