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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 technologies that help detect it, and about available countermeasures and practices against it.

Piracy Monitor also conducts the Video Security Summit, an annual online event devoted to piracy/anti-piracy and cybersecurity.  Both are produced by Advanced Media Strategies LLC. Steve Hawley is Managing Director.  Unless bylined otherwise, all articles on this site are by Steve Hawley.

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MESA CDSA: It takes teamwork to protect the world’s biggest sporting event

By Chris Tribbey, CDSA. CULVER CITY, Calif. — The 2022 FIFA World Cup only lasted a month. But the work beIN Media Group put...

Brazil: Operation 404 Phase 6 nets another 606 illegal video & music sites

Law enforcement agencies from Brazil, Peru, Argentina, the U.S. and the U.K. participated in the sixth round of Brazil's Operation 404.  The action resulted...

Philippines: Intellectual Property Office gets leadership recognition, WIPO exchange

A report by the Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade (TRACIT) cited the Philippines as a significant force and model of success in the...

Copyright organizations of Japan, Korea hold joint workshop to develop collaboration

Members of the Copyright Overseas promotion Association (COA) of Korea and COA member companies visited the Copyright Overseas Distribution Association (CODA) of Japan and...

Enterprise security pros say their own apps are secure. Third party...

A fall 2023 survey of 100-plus cybersecurity professionals conducted by Information Security Media Group explains how compromised mobile apps can expose enterprise servers, back-end...

First European anti-camcording campaign launched in Italy by FAPAV, MPA, Italian...

The initiative was announced during the Professional Days of Cinema of Sorrento, an important annual event that involves over 1500 professionals in the media...

UK, US and other cybersecurity agencies publish Guidelines for Secure AI...

In collaboration with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and twenty partner organzations worldwide, the UK...

Poland: Police charge, detain 44-year-old for illegally sharing pay TV

Bydgoszcz municipal police fighting economic and corruption crimes detained a 44-year-old man involved in illegal sharing of pay TV subscriptions.   According to a report...

Sweden: Tax authority has recovered millions from streaming pirates

For the first time, the Swedish tax authority researched the income realized by sellers of illegal 'IPTV' channels.  So far, 80 investigations have produced...

FootballLeaks hacker convicted by French court, following earlier Portugal conviction

In November, Rui Pinto, a Portuguese hacker behind the "FootballLeaks" Web site; received his second suspended sentence in three months from a Paris court;...

Finland: TTVK Copyright Barometer 2023 finds a quarter of consumers OK...

  Watching, listening and playing content from illegal sources has increased among people under the age of 25, according to the Copyright Barometer survey by...

Australia: Cost and increasing variety drive consumers back to pirate sources

Price increases of subscription services and a growing number of services available is sending some Australian’s back to piracy, according to the Australian Broadcasting...

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Piracy Monitor is an initiative of tvstrategies (Advanced Media Strategies LLC), and is active in four areas: Piracy Awareness, Market Intelligence, Industry Marketing and Consulting.

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