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Egyptian authorities close down MENA’s largest piracy site
Laroza site provided access to more than 29,000 movies and TV series viewed the world over.
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"Piracy is the most successful form of distribution," says Werner Herzog
The verteran German director was giving a masterclass at Nyon’s Visions du Reel festival.
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CinemaCon: theatre owners chief declares 'Streaming and theatrical reinforce each other'
’All we ask is movies be given their time to reach their full potential audience in theatres before heading to the home.’
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Film and TV piracy fell in France in 2017 but still cost country €1.2bn, says study
’Game Of Thrones’, ’Valerian’ among the most pirated titles.
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Theatrical window, content theft high on Global Cinema Federation agenda
Free trade, accessibility, and music rights reform cited as key areas.
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Cinelytic partners with piracy data provider TECXIPIO
Data will enhance service for users of analytics platform
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Three men sentenced to combined 10 years in prison for selling fake DVDs
Custodial sentences for leaders of a sophisticated counterfeit DVD business.
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Disney chief says hackers claim to have stolen studio film
Bob Iger tells employees that studio refused to pay ransom.
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EU set-top box ruling gives film industry boost against piracy
EU court declares that selling set-top boxes with piracy add-ons is illegal.
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Search engines, creative industries launch new scheme to fight piracy
UK initiative sees Google and Bing working with rights holders.
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Most pirated films of 2016 revealed
Deadpool tops list, Batman V Superman, Star Wars also make top 10.
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Rewards doubled for cinema staff who disrupt illegal recordings
Incentive aimed at combatting piracy in UK cinemas during the release of Spectre, Star Wars and The Hunger Games.
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UK man arrested in illegal recordings investigation
A Nottinghamshire man has been arrested on suspicion of recording newly-released films at cinemas and posting the footage on the internet.
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Nicolas Chartier: 'Piracy will diminish culture'
The Oscar-winning producer and CEO of Voltage Pictures launched into an impassioned attack on IP theft at an industry discussion in Toronto.
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MPDR launches .film domain name to tackle piracy
Melbourne-based Motion Picture Domain Registry (MPDR) has launched the .film domain dedicated exclusively to film content.
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Piracy in the UK: how the film industry and government are working together
GUEST BLOG: Now based in Los Angeles, Mike Weatherley, the former British MP and intellectual property advisor to British prime minister David Cameron, serves as vice-chairman at Motion Picture Licensing Corporation.
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Mitch Singer lands at Verance
Former Sony Pictures Entertainment chief digital strategy officer Mitch Singer has been named special advisor of industry affairs at Verance Corporation.
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MPAA, Xunlei sign anti-piracy pact
The Motion Picture Association Of America and Chinese-language video portal Shenzhen Xunlei Networking Technologies (Xunlei) have agreed on a partnership to protect Hollywood content.
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Spider-Man joins piracy campaign
Director Marc Webb backs UK anti-piracy campaign as new Spider-Man trailer is released in line with the initiative.
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Elysium tops AFM piracy list
A report out this week highlights the 100 films to attract the most piracy since they were presented at AFM 2012.