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Online Advertisement: A Key Financial Support for Pirate Websites
Tuesday, 26 February 2013
“A casual observer of the existing online ad market can only marvel at the Wild West aspect of the business.” – Annenberg Innovation Lab
An institute based at the University of Southern California has begun an ongoing series of reports on which online ad servers are providing essential financial support for web-based piracy. The reports provide a fascinating look at the money flows that generate revenue for online copyright infringers. Readers can find the ongoing series reports on the Annenberg Innovation Lab (AIL) website: http://www.annenberglab.com/viewresearch/45 .
The most recent (February) report notes that some ad servers are “disconnecting” pirate websites. The report says “both Google’s various networks and Open X have significantly reduced the number of infringing sites they are placing ads on. In contrast, Yahoo’s Right Media continues to be a major provider of ads to infringing sites.” AIL also says “the other interesting note in this report is that Adultfriendfinder.com, which appears to be a prostitution service, has become a large advertiser on Pirate sites. This may mean that major brands are fleeing the pirate sites and leaving the inventory to the traditional bottom feeders in the porn industry.”
Readers can download the February report here
CASBAA Outlines Content Classification and Labeling Policies
Friday, 01 June 2012
CASBAA has prepared a Briefing Paper to summarize global best practices when it comes to classifying and labeling content on pay-TV. A few governments in Asia are seeking to impose classification and labeling rules on the entire universe of channels transmitted on pay-TV systems. This imposes an impractical burden on channel operators, who – if such a practice became widespread – could theoretically face requirements to conduct a series of different classification analyses (according to different governments’ standards) for each program they transmit, and then place a host of potentially conflicting rating labels on each program. Other governments have found better solutions, as CASBAA describes in this paper.
Burmese Junta Sees Satellite TV as Threat
Wednesday, 18 February 2009
The Irrawaddy - The Burmese junta believes information technology, particularly satellite TV, is a decadent threat that undermines nationalism and has warned the people to avoid satellite TV programs.
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Unesco should pursue broadcasting rights with Wipo: Arjun Singh
Friday, 19 October 2007
indiantelevision.com - Indian Minister Arjun Singh has expressed the hope that Unesco would continue to play a more proactive role at WIPO discussions on the Rights of Broadcasting Organizations.
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The US National Association of Broadcasters on the need to modernise the rights of broadcasters
Wednesday, 25 April 2007
Writing to the US Copyright Office and responding to its counterparts, the US National Association of Broadcasters stresses the need to modernise the rights of broadcasters.
Joint submission by European broadcasters
Friday, 23 March 2007
European broadcasters express views on the text of Draft 1.0 of the Chairman's non-paper on the WIPO Treaty on the protection of broadcasting organisations.
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Revised draft basic proposal for the WIPO Treaty on the protection of broadcasting organizations
Monday, 31 July 2006
The World Intellectual Property Orgrnization revised draft basic proposal for the Treaty on the protection of broadcasting organizations ahead of the Standing Committee's fifteenth session in Sep, 2006.
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NCTA's 2006 Industry Overview
Monday, 27 March 2006
The 2006 Industry Overview of the development of cable by the National Cable & Telecommunications Association of the US.
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