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“Pro Camcorder Pirate” Arrested in Govt, Police & UK Cinema Chain Operation

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Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. Significant rightsholders facing challenges in the UK can seek help from the fraud specialists at the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit. Sources confirm that the copies were traced back to two multi-screen cinemas, both of them in Liverpool, the location mentioned by PIPCU.

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Hollywood to UK Govt: Investigating Pirates “Increasingly Difficult”

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The UK receives praise for its intellectual property framework, with the MPA describing it as a “gold standard internationally.” The studios also appreciate the work undertaken by the Police Intellectual Property Unit (PIPCU) in tackling pirate sites and services. Source submissions: Warner Bros.

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Should Any Device Which Can Be Used to Infringe IP Be Made Illegal?

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Like many other people who spend too much time in front of a computer, the desk in front me here represents an Aladdin’s Cave of devices that can be used to infringe intellectual property rights. It has the ability to record movies in cinemas, store copies for retrieval, and then distribute them on the internet.

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Legalizing All Movie Piracy Bad For Russia, Media Giants Inform Parliament

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Over the last 18 months, various ideas and proposals have leaned toward limiting or even nullifying Western entertainment companies’ intellectual property rights in response to their withdrawal from the Russian market. There is a single economic goal here – to make money from advertising on the site.”

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Brazil’s New IPTV Anti-Piracy Blocking Plan Prepares to Bypass Judiciary

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The project is the work of ‘ Ancine ‘ (Agência Nacional do Cinema) and telecoms regulator Anatel (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações). This entirely voluntary system is supported by rightsholders, advertisers and trade associations, plus every major ISP in Portugal. Agencies Team Up to Streamline Blocking.

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China’s Pirate Site Crackdown is Real & Assisted By Anime Anti-Piracy Group

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Decades of experience supports the theory that intellectual property infringement is often viewed by China as a problem to be solved by those complaining of violations on home territory. He ended up running his own pirate streaming site and a ‘cinema app’ which attracted attention from advertisers in early 2022.

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Pirate TV Box & Kodi Wizard Seller Who Made £2.3m Gets 30 Months in Prison

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By mid-2015 it was common knowledge that the UK’s Police Intellectual Property Unit, Trading Standards, and Sky were teaming up to take sellers down yet a surprising number of sellers carried on regardless. New Marketing Strategy Changed Nothing. Piracy discussion would be banned in future, unless it took place elsewhere else.