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TAG & JICWEBS: Digital ad standards organizations merge to harmonize antipiracy guidelines
Two organizations that champion standards and best practices around digital advertising - The Trustworth Accountability Group (TAG) and UK-based Joint Industry Committee for Web Standards (JICWEBS)...
Automated detection of fraudulent logins may yield false-positives: Arkose Labs
Arkose Labs offers a platform that evaluates instances of fraudulent account registrations, logins and payments for a variety of industry segments, including entertainment. ...
Amazon’s Twitch partners with sports leagues, launches SDK. Will piracy follow?
Amazon-owned Twitch enables people to share online game-play and live events over the Internet, through the Twitch portal or app, to mobile and computer...
Digital Cinema Specfication v1.4 includes anti-piracy guidelines
On July 20, 2020, the Digital Cinema Initiative published version 1.4 of its DCI specification, which includes anti-piracy requirements. Digital delivery is governed by...
Study up about digital advertising fraud
Several articles have appeared in recent weeks about digital advertising fraud, which are useful resources:
How to stop CTV fraud schemes like ICEBUCKET, DiCaprio, in...
Italy: Police, courts, rights organizations collaborate in €1M Venice pirate site seizure
Italy's Guardia di Finanza, a law enforcement agency under the Italian Ministry of Finance responsible for financial crime and smuggling, executed a decree issued...
