Tag: streaming

MUSO piracy report spots some new global trends

A report in today’s Torrent Freak noted that content protection firm (anti-piracy) firm Muso recently released its annual Global Piracy Insights Report for 2016 so I was prompted to take a look to see what what’s new on the piracy landscape.  According to the report there’s been a, “massive shift towards direct downloads for music content – growing by 31% in 2015”  In addition the report found that “28% of all visits to piracy sites in 2015 were through mobile devises, up 8% during the year.”

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Google hopes to see more Green with new YouTube Red

YouTube Red’s new subscription streaming service offers consumers (and pirates) ad free content to watch (and steal).

YouTube has decided to enter the subscription streaming fray with the announcement yesterday of its new (ad-free) premium channel, YouTube Red.  Despite the unfortunate choice of a name —similar to a rather notorious porn site that has both the word “red” and “tube” in its title– YouTube is hoping its new endeavor will catch some of the ad-free streaming mojo enjoyed by the popular subscription based offerings of Netflix, HULU, and Amazon Prime.  And, like the others, YouTube will develop its own slate of “YouTube Originals.”

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Piracy rates drop in Australia thanks to streaming and new laws

Piracy rates decrease 4% overall

Some positive news on the piracy front from Australia in a report just released by the Intellectual Property Awareness Foundation.  The study finds that Australian piracy rates (among those 18 to 64)  have decreased 4% in the past year.

Following the report’s release some of the headlines focused on new streaming services like Netflix as the reason for the decrease, but IP Awareness Executive Director Lori Flekser says other factors like the high-profile Dallas Buyers Club lawsuit, and legislation allowing blocking of pirate sites and a soon-to-be-enforced requirement that ISPs send customers “copyright infringement” warnings if they download pirated content.

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