High-Tech Karaoke Piracy Crackdown, 18 Arrested and Streaming Servers SeizedAndy Maxwell, 30 Jul 08:55 AM Depending on personalities and intake of a
 | Depending on personalities and intake of alcohol, a karaoke night can see people demanding to be next on the mic or scurrying away before they're forced to do something they'll later regret. According to reports, karaoke in the West may be set for a resurgence but in Asia, karaoke ('empty orchestra') never went away. In Japan, it still receives an 80%+ approval rating among high school students with around half of 20 to 24-year-olds regularly taking part. With a global market reported to be worth around $5 billion, karaoke may make people smile but for investors it's a serious business. Hong Kong Customs: Operation Magpie Cases reported by Hong Kong Customs over the past month include raids on drugs labs, convictions for laundering huge sums of money, two investigations into large-scale tobacco smuggling, and an operation to combat the provision of infringing karaoke songs. While some may feel the latter is in strange company, the karaoke operation appears to have been allocated pl...Read More | As the home of Bollywood, India has a thriving movie industry that's known all around the world. At the same time, the country also has one of the highest piracy rates, which is seen as a major threat by industry insiders. Following pressure from U.S. movie companies, India's government recently agreed to update its Cinematograph Act to outlaw 'cam' piracy. Anyone recording or transmitting movies in a movie theater without permission now faces a three-year prison sentence. The new anti-camming bill was implemented last year, which understandably makes the activity a higher priority for law enforcement. Criminal prosecutions are rare, however, and earlier this year international copyright groups complained that the law had yet to results in "meaningful steps" to deter piracy. Movie Camming Arrest Preventing movie piracy in a country with 1.4 billion people is a challenge indeed, but rightsholders must be pleased with an investigation that resulted in the arrest of a 33-year-old mov...Read More |
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