Welcome to Piracy Monitor

Digital media piracy is the greatest enemy to creative professionals, consumers, rights-holders and their distribution partners the world over. To help them preserve their abilities to make a living and maintain operations, Piracy Monitor provides an authoritative resource so they can better understand the risks associated with piracy, the methods used by pirates, technologies that help detect it, and about available countermeasures and practices against it. Piracy Monitor also conducts online events devoted to piracy/anti-piracy and cybersecurity.

All articles and site content are produced by Advanced Media Strategies LLC. Steve Hawley is Managing Director.

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Cyber threats posed on national level by ISDs in Taiwan can actually happen anywhere

A study released in May by the Asia Video Industry Association’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) found that illicit streaming devices (ISDs) in Taiwan are...

UK: Investigation by Sky, police and FACT results in prison terms, fines

At the end of April, a significant London-area piracy case drew to its conclusion, resulting in significant convictions and financial recoveries.  Underway since December...

For facilitating illegal streaming, UK-based Innetra PC hit with $25M infringement lawsuit

The International Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy (IBCAP) announced a $25 million complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California...

Interview with Mark Mulready – Part 1: Anti-piracy evolves, as do the pirates

By Steven Hawley, Piracy Monitor Human nature keeps coming up with new ways to beat the system, especially when there’s demand for it. Everyone wants to...

Interview with Mark Mulready – Part 2: The ecosystem of anti-piracy

By Steven Hawley, Piracy Monitor We continue our interview with Mark Mulready, for eight years, the co-president of the Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance and current head...

Report: Online video piracy cost India US$1.2 billion in 2024 alone, a call to...

Without decisive measures, digital piracy could cost India’s creative economy up to US$2.4 billion by 2029. So said a new report released at the...

The “You Wouldn’t Steal A Car” anti-piracy campaign used a pirated font?

The famous "You Wouldn't Steal A Car," ad campaign drew attention to the illegal redistribution of movies on illegal DVDs, back in 2004. The widely-parodied...

South Africa: Fine or imprisonment verdict in Waka TV cybercrime case

African media giant MultiChoice reported a legal victory against digital piracy, as the Germiston Regional Court (South Africa) found Vuyisile Victor Selem guilty on...

Denmark: New research underscores facts behind latest consumer awareness campaign

More than one in five in the 15-25 age group has streamed films and series illegally within the past month, according to new research...

Audiovisual Anti-Piracy Alliance (AAPA) announces leadership changes

Cameron Andrews, Legal Director for Anti-Piracy at beIN Media Group, has taken the role of Co-President at AAPA.  He is currently the company's Legal...

Portugal: APRITEL says piracy is accessed by 34% of consumers, calls for countermeasures

Portugal's Association of Electronic Communications Operators (APRITEL) marked 2025's World Intellectual Property Day on April 26 with a call on Portuguese regulators to "reflect...

Spain: Four sellers of illegal BlusensTV devices sentenced to six months prison, fined €1.2M

On April 9, Criminal Court number 2 of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, sentenced four businessmen to six month prison terms, a fine of 6...

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