MPA Ramps Up Efforts to Disrupt Pirate Sites' Use of Internet IntermediariesAndy Maxwell, 20 May 09:26 AM After more than a decade at the MPA, inclu
 | After more than a decade at the MPA, including his tenure as Chief of Global Content Protection while heading anti-piracy coalition ACE, Jan van Voorn recently left the Hollywood anti-piracy group to lead his own venture. That raised questions of who might be a good fit for his former position or whether the MPA would seize the opportunity to try something a little different. Late last week the MPA announced it had hired Jesse Martin, a former senior attorney at BSA | The Software Alliance, to serve as Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Content Protection and Legal Affairs (Intermediary Programs). The MPA says this is a brand-new role that expands the anti-piracy group's "intermediary outreach initiatives" while supporting global anti-piracy efforts through the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE). "I look forward to using my compliance experience from the enterprise software industry to navigate the opportunities and challenges surrounding the intermed...Read More | Last December, Swedish anti-piracy group Rattighetsalliansen (Rights Alliance) reported that a local prosecutor had filed an indictment against a man suspected of being behind Viking IPTV. In the Scandinavian pirate market, Viking IPTV is a well-known brand and according to Rights Alliance, business appears to have been brisk. A police cryptocurrency expert reported that clusters of bitcoin wallets that could be connected to the suspect received around 308 bitcoins between 2018 and 2022, over US$20 million at today's rates. A district court previously decided that up to SEK 16,250,000 (US$1,512,000) could be seized. Police managed to secure 12.7 bitcoin with an estimated value of SEK 5 million, around US$465,300 at today's rates, the anti-piracy group reported. No Shortage of Evidence Last December, Rights Alliance reported that an extensive preliminary investigation had found considerable evidence to show that the man was involved in Viking IPTV and in illegal IPTV in general. "...Read More |
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