In a recent court order in Singapore, 99 A domain name suspected of illegally transporting sports and South Korean TV dramas has been added to the latest list of sites blocked.

this 99 A network address is involved SportsBay, 123Movies and KissAsiane Etc 30 A website. These sites allow users to illegally transmit material belonging to the copyright holder, BBC Pictures (BBC Studios) , Discovery communications (Discovery Communications) , The Spanish First division football League (LaLiga) , Premier League (the Premier League) And TVB International (TVB International) The movie of, TV shows and sports channels.

The Asian Video Industry Association, which represents copyright owners (Avia) representation, All the large ISPs in Singapore——MyRepublic, Singtel, ViewQwest, M1 and StarHub——All in 8 The notice of blocking the above network address was received at the end of the month. When the media contacts these ISPs, MyRepublic, Singtel and ViewQwest Said it had complied with the court order, while M1 and StarHub It refused to confirm compliance with the court order.

Avia Matthew, general manager of the Coalition Against Piracy．Cheatham (Matthew Cheetham) representation: "If used effectively, Tools such as website blocking are powerful in combating online piracy and in undoing the damage and harm it causes. " Singapore's High Court this year 2 The month ruled in favour of the same group of rights holders, At that time with the above site related to the near 150 A network domain name is blocked.

2 It was mentioned in a court order in January "Dynamic web blocking" , That allows copyright owners to notify Internet service providers to block other Web addresses that point to the same illegal site. 8 monthly 99 A web domain name is based on 2 The month of the court order added. "

Dynamic web blocking" Aims to crack down on the use of alternative web addresses to allow users to bypass blocked content. For example, if "socceronline. com" Be screened, New alternatives such as "socceronline. me" or "socceronline. info" Will pop, Provides access to the same content, Make the original site blocking invalid. The first court order on dynamic web blocking was in 2018 annual, Aim at 53 A pirate website, Including the Pirate Bay (The Pirate Bay) and Solarmovie. sc.

At that time, In its ruling, the High Court removed the requirement for copyright owners to apply to the court to block each alternative Web address on a case-by-case basis. Investigating the company YouGov by Avia Entrust to 2021 years 12 In a survey conducted in Singapore last month, 1000 More than one of the respondents 1/3 Is expressed by, Site blocking has changed their viewing habits, For example, it will change to subscription legal services. in YouGov In a similar survey conducted in Indonesia, 2300 More than half of the respondents said, After piracy sites were blocked, They stop or rarely use piracy services.

from 2019 Enforcement action was launched mid-year until this year 4 During the month, The Indonesian government has blocked the deal 3500 An illegal website. Australia is also 2021 years 12 Tsukiwa 2022 years 2 Month released in favor of Netflix And Disney and other copyright holders. 123series and Vumoo Etc 100 Several illegal websites have been targeted.

(Compiled from www. thestar. com. my)

Reprinted from China Intellectual Property Network   translation: Rason group　proofread: Liu Peng

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