Legal
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Congress Seeks Greater Copyright Protection for YouTube Videos
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking the tech giant to expand copyright infringement protections to a greater number of content creators. The letter, spearheaded by Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chairs on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, addresses “YouTube Content ID,” … Continue reading “Congress Seeks Greater Copyright Protection for YouTube Videos”
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Spain’s Top Soccer League Fined for Spying on Fans via Mobile App
Spain’s top professional soccer league, “La Liga” has been fined €250,000 ($280,000) for using its mobile app to determine whether users were watching pirated games. The country’s data protection agency said the free Android app, which reportedly has been downloaded nearly 10 million times, enabled fans to keep track of games, scores, player stats and … Continue reading “Spain’s Top Soccer League Fined for Spying on Fans via Mobile App”
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Congress Seeks Greater Copyright Protection for YouTube Videos
A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers has sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai asking the tech giant to expand copyright infringement protections to a greater number of content creators. The letter, spearheaded by Senators Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chairs on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, addresses “YouTube Content ID,” … Continue reading “Congress Seeks Greater Copyright Protection for YouTube Videos”
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FTC Fines Google $170 Million for Profiting on YouTube Children’s Videos
Google and its subsidiary YouTube will pay a record $170 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and the New York Attorney General that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parents’ consent. The settlement requires Google and YouTube to pay $136 million to the FTC and $34 million to New … Continue reading “FTC Fines Google $170 Million for Profiting on YouTube Children’s Videos”
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Eight Charged Operating Illegal Video Streaming Services in the U.S.
A federal grand jury in Las Vegas has returned indictments on eight individuals who allegedly operated two of the largest illegal movie streaming services in the country. According to the indictment, Kristopher Lee Dallmann, 36; Darryl Julius Polo, aka djppimp, 36; Douglas M. Courson, 59; Felipe Garcia, 37; Jared Edward Jaurequi, aka Jared Edwards, 38; … Continue reading “Eight Charged Operating Illegal Video Streaming Services in the U.S.”
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MovieLabs, Hollywood Studios Publish White Paper on Future of Media Creation
Motion Pictures Laboratories (MovieLabs), together with member studios, has published a white paper presenting an industry vision for the future of media creation technology by 2030. MovieLabs is a non-profit technology research lab jointly run by Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney Pictures and Television, and Warner Bros. Entertainment. The paper, jointly … Continue reading “MovieLabs, Hollywood Studios Publish White Paper on Future of Media Creation”
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Networks Sue Online TV Service for Copyright Infringement
Major broadcasters Disney-owned ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC Universal have filed a lawsuit against an upstart online TV service offering free over-the-air digital TV service. The suit — filed July 31 in U.S. District Court in New York — alleges Locast owner, New York-based non-profit advocacy group Sports Fans Coalition NY, violates broadcaster copyrights streaming … Continue reading “Networks Sue Online TV Service for Copyright Infringement”
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Parks: $9.1 Billion Lost Due to Piracy and Account Sharing
Digital piracy, including illegal sharing of over-the-top video subscriptions, continues to proliferate, according to new data from Parks Associates. The Dallas-based firm projects OTT and pay-TV operators will lose $9.1 billion in revenue due to piracy and account sharing. This figure will grow to $12.5 billion in 2024, up 38% over the next five years. … Continue reading “Parks: $9.1 Billion Lost Due to Piracy and Account Sharing”
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Euro News: Pay-TV to Add 17.7M Subs; Italian Piracy Declines
Despite ongoing consumer migration toward over-the-top video distribution, European pay-TV operators are projected to add 17.7 million subscribers through 2023, according to new data from Dataxis. How’s that? In Europe, pay-TV consumption is combined with online TV and OTT video (i.e. Netflix, Amazon Prime Video). Thus, Euro pay-TV growth, which represents an 8.4% increase from … Continue reading “Euro News: Pay-TV to Add 17.7M Subs; Italian Piracy Declines”
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Netflix, Amazon, Hollywood Studios Seek Millions in Piracy Damages
Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and several Hollywood studios are seeking default judgement regarding millions in damages from a shuttered Florida-based streaming service accused of copyright infringement. The SVOD services and studios last year — through their Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment anti-piracy coalition — filed litigation against Set Broadcast LLC, which had marketed an online … Continue reading “Netflix, Amazon, Hollywood Studios Seek Millions in Piracy Damages”
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Study Suggests Legitimate Streaming Is Curbing Piracy
Could the growth of legal streaming be cutting down on consumer piracy? That’s what is suggested by consumer research by Ampere Analysis, which revealed a steady fall in the proportion of consumers who say that they regularly use pirate sites and services to watch online video. In the three-year period between the first quarter of … Continue reading “Study Suggests Legitimate Streaming Is Curbing Piracy”
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Report: Global Online Video Piracy Costs U.S. Economy $29.2B Annually
Move over counterfeit DVDs, illegal video streaming has become a singular threat to Hollywood studios and content creators. A new U.S. Chamber of Commerce report from its Global Innovation Policy Center and NERA Economic Consulting contends online global piracy of movies and TV shows negatively impacts the domestic economy by at least $29.2 billion in … Continue reading “Report: Global Online Video Piracy Costs U.S. Economy $29.2B Annually”