Films and television shows can often be found on pirate
sites within days – and in many cases hours – of release. Last year, there were
an estimated 5.4 billion downloads of pirated wide release films and primetime
television and VOD shows using peer-to-peer protocols worldwide. There were
also an estimated 21.4 billion total visits to streaming piracy sites worldwide
across both desktops and mobile devices in 2016.
ACE states
that it “will conduct research, work closely with law enforcement
to curtail illegal pirate enterprises, file civil litigation, forge cooperative
relationships with existing national content protection organizations, and
pursue voluntary agreements with responsible parties across the internet
ecosystem.” It’ll be interesting to see
ACE, particularly with Internet companies, Amazon and Netflix, pitted against Google/YouTube and other platforms. Do non-professional/smaller scale content creators have a
lobbying/litigation group?
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