Matrix Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 The Copyright Alliance has sent an overview of its strongest piracy concerns to the US Customs and Border Protection Bureau. The submission, which serves as input for an upcoming policy memorandum from President Trump, highlights pirate streaming devices and apps as a rampant problem. This week the US Customs and Border Protection Bureau hosted a meeting discussing various copyright enforcement efforts. During the meeting, various stakeholders were invited to submit input for the Presidential Memorandum on Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods, set to be released later this year. A similar request was previously made by the US Department of Commerce. While we already covered some of these responses, the views of the Copyright Alliance, which were sent in response to the latest meeting, haven’t been mentioned yet. In a detailed submission the Copyright Alliance, which says it represents 1.8 million creators and 13,000 pro-copyright organizations in the United States, mainly focuses on online piracy. Specifically, the non-profit group urges the Trump administration to prioritize enforcement against online piracy. “Online digital piracy has been and continues to be a plague on the creative community that harms both large and small copyright owners. Established channels of digital piracy, such as peer-to-peer file sharing and cyberlockers, remain popular, while emerging threats such as stream ripping services gain ground,” the group writes. Another ’emerging’ piracy problem, one that involved physical products, is the growing threat of piracy devices and apps, which the Copyright Alliance abbreviated to PDAs. Kodi-based devices are most prevalent among this category, the group notes, but it adds that the Kodi software itself is legal. Problems arise when people configure Kodi-devices with add-ons that give people easy and direct access to pirated movies, TV-shows, and other video content. “Distributors of PDAs make it easy to stream and download pirated content at the push of a button. Their devices essentially allow purchasers to watch for free what legitimate streaming services charge you to access, and they advertise it as such,” the Copyright Alliance writes. The group points at various examples including advertisements for the now-defunct Dragon Box, which encouraged potential customers to “Get rid of your Premium Channels” and to “Stop paying for Netflix and Hulu”. These devices and services threaten the revenue of copyright holders, the group states. Not just those who produce the content, but also various legitimate distribution platforms. “The widespread use of PDAs not only infringes upon the copyrights of creators of films and TV shows, but also harms competition by harming legitimate streaming services, such as Netflix and Hulu, that are licensed to provide content and increasingly produce their own works,” the Alliance writes. The Copyright Alliance encourages the US Government to address these problems where possible. In addition, it also would like to see the criminal penalties for streaming piracy to be increased from a misdemeanor to a felony. This would bring it on par with the criminal penalties for downloading. This argument has been made by several parties in recent months, and the Copyright Alliance backs it as well. “We agree that copyright criminal penalties should reflect the realities of how infringing conduct is occurring and believe the presence of meaningful criminal penalties plays a significant role in deterring willful and egregious infringement. “We urge the Administration to continue working on harmonizing criminal penalties for the most common types of infringement,” the Alliance adds. A full overview of the recommendations sent to the Customs and Border Protection Bureau, which also supports the pending CASE ACT and calls for measures against textbook counterfeiting, is available here. VIEW: Original Article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Copyright Alliance has sent an overview of its strongest piracy concerns to the US Customs and Border Protection Bureau. The submission, which serves as input for an upcoming policy memorandum from President Trump, highlights pirate streaming devices and apps as a rampant problem. This week the US Customs and Border Protection Bureau hosted a meeting discussing various copyright enforcement efforts. During the meeting, various stakeholders were invited to submit input for the Presidential Memorandum on Combating Trafficking in Counterfeit and Pirated Goods, set to be released later this year. A similar request was previously made by the US Department of Commerce. While we already covered some of these responses, the views of the Copyright Alliance, which were sent in response to the latest meeting, haven’t been mentioned yet. In a detailed submission the Copyright Alliance, which says it represents 1.8 million creators and 13,000 pro-copyright organizations in the United States, mainly focuses on online piracy. Specifically, the non-profit group urges the Trump administration to prioritize enforcement against online piracy. “Online digital piracy has been and continues to be a plague on the creative community that harms both large and small copyright owners. Established channels of digital piracy, such as peer-to-peer file sharing and cyberlockers, remain popular, while emerging threats such as stream ripping services gain ground,” the group writes. Another ’emerging’ piracy problem, one that involved physical products, is the growing threat of piracy devices and apps, which the Copyright Alliance abbreviated to PDAs. Kodi-based devices are most prevalent among this category, the group notes, but it adds that the Kodi software itself is legal. Problems arise when people configure Kodi-devices with add-ons that give people easy and direct access to pirated movies, TV-shows, and other video content. “Distributors of PDAs make it easy to stream and download pirated content at the push of a button. Their devices essentially allow purchasers to watch for free what legitimate streaming services charge you to access, and they advertise it as such,” the Copyright Alliance writes. The group points at various examples including advertisements for the now-defunct Dragon Box, which encouraged potential customers to “Get rid of your Premium Channels” and to “Stop paying for Netflix and Hulu”. These devices and services threaten the revenue of copyright holders, the group states. Not just those who produce the content, but also various legitimate distribution platforms. “The widespread use of PDAs not only infringes upon the copyrights of creators of films and TV shows, but also harms competition by harming legitimate streaming services, such as Netflix and Hulu, that are licensed to provide content and increasingly produce their own works,” the Alliance writes. The Copyright Alliance encourages the US Government to address these problems where possible. In addition, it also would like to see the criminal penalties for streaming piracy to be increased from a misdemeanor to a felony. This would bring it on par with the criminal penalties for downloading. This argument has been made by several parties in recent months, and the Copyright Alliance backs it as well. “We agree that copyright criminal penalties should reflect the realities of how infringing conduct is occurring and believe the presence of meaningful criminal penalties plays a significant role in deterring willful and egregious infringement. “We urge the Administration to continue working on harmonizing criminal penalties for the most common types of infringement,” the Alliance adds. A full overview of the recommendations sent to the Customs and Border Protection Bureau, which also supports the pending CASE ACT and calls for measures against textbook counterfeiting, is available here.
steven36 Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Lmao, the internet has no borders expect the great firewall of china ! apps could come from anywhere the latest one i be using for free IPTV on Linux come from India . But really i can watch IPTV without it because Firefox or a Chrome based browser is all that needed . Also wiping out PDAs and Preloaded TV Boxes wont solve the problem .Because any legal TV Box , Smart Phone , Windows and Linux you can load it with pirate streaming apps . PDAs and Preloaded TV Boxes are just a symptom of the problem . The problem remains the same every since Napster . If people were not able to remove DRM from IPTV streams , Netflix , Amazon , Apple , DVD , Networks and BLU-RAY they would be nothing to upload or broadcast to stream . The problem has always been all DRM/ Anti Piracy protection can be cracked so there's a demand for PDAs and Preloaded TV Boxes but all you have to do is do a web search or youtube search and you can use any stock device that's legeal and load it down with apps ,kodi and addons it's not very hard. Besides fully loaded boxes are $300+ and it may not work right or stop working soon after you buy it , even if the people selling them have updates as soon as they get busted for selling it will stop working so no one recommends buying them. It could be a box that only cost them $35 or $50 . The add-ons are free, so you can install what you want by just visiting a blog with kodi addons or watching how to videos on YouTube . The best bare-bones legal TV boxes are only a $100- $200 . Just make sure not to order them directly from China sometimes customs seize them even if there bare bones because they not sure they have a legal license from Microsoft or Google. Better off to stick to shield , fire stick and apple. Have US Customs Declared War on TV Boxes (and mini PCs)? https://www.cnx-software.com/2016/07/04/have-us-customs-declared-war-on-tv-boxes-and-mini-pcs/ US Customs seizing these "TV Boxes" due to possible HDMI license issues https://www.avforums.com/threads/us-customs-seizing-these-tv-boxes-due-to-possible-hdmi-license-issues.2164729/ Customs Agents Seize $43 Million of Chinese Counterfeits in Texas https://www.lmtonline.com/local/crime/article/43-million-in-fake-items-seized-in-Laredo-13059417.php It just like drugs witch sometimes is shipped in the mail from China, you take a big risk of receiving the package, so they use the Heroin dealers from the Mexican Cartels to smuggle in pure fentanyl from China and Fentanyl laced Mexican Smack , They also use them to smuggle in other counterfeit goods like PDAs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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