Netflix, Disney Battle Pirate Sites That Rip Off Their Content
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(Bloomberg Businessweek) Julius is an avid Netflix viewer. Whether itâs old movies, anime, or hit releases such as The Queenâs Gambit, the 28-year-old banker from Manila, who gives only his first name, is glued to his laptop. He just doesnât pay for any of the content. The moment a show starts trending on Netflixâs Top 10, he catches it on an unlicensed streaming website or downloads an illegal copy from a file-sharing app. âItâs .
(Bloomberg Businessweek) Julius is an avid Netflix viewer. Whether itâs old movies, anime, or hit releases such as
KOLKATA: Amid talks of OTT regulation, the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) announced the adoption of a comprehensive implementation toolkit last week. The association said the move is a step forward from the Universal Self-Regulation Code it had launched in September. Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) has welcomed the move by the Indian body. “AVIA is
Rep. Alfred Vargas
In a privilege speech on Monday, February 15, Vargas decried the rampant incidence of movie piracy in the Philippines as he admitted that cases of copyright violations and outright online theft have victimized producers of films that participated in the recently-concluded 2020 Metro Manila Film Festival.
Vargas produced the film “Tagpuan”, a romance drama, in which he starred in as leading man. The movie won third best film among ten entries to the MMFF.
Speaking based on his experience, the three-term lawmaker lamented that movie piracy in the country had gone “from bad to worse”, adding that the crime has endangered “the survival of the industry and the livelihood of thousands of movie workers.”
Godzilla: Courtesy of LEGENDARY AND WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. Matrix: Warner Brothers/Courtesy Everett Collection.
The studio’s decision to smash its theatrical windows for 2021 films could result in high-quality counterfeit versions of the titles available on every pirate service in the world the same day the features hit HBO Max.
The industry remains up in arms about Warner Bros.’ decision to send its biggest 2021 movies directly to HBO Max on the same day the titles hit U.S. theaters. But one group is probably pleased with the plan: Film pirates. “For sure, pirates are celebrating WarnerMedia’s decision,” says Abigail De Kosnik, director of the Berkeley Center for New Media and an associate professor at UC Berkeley.