Month: June 2022

Das Homeoffice war während der Pandemie der meistgenutzte Ort für die Remotearbeit. Aber auch vom Urlaubsort aus wurde gearbeitet. (Homeoffice, Studie)

AM4-Mainboards von 2017 nehmen alle Ryzen-Generationen auf: Aufrüster erhalten so das ultimative Gaming-Performance-Plus, selbst in 4K. Ein Test von Marc Sauter (AMD Zen, Prozessor)

Windräder beanspruchen relativ wenig Fläche und sind keine Gefahr für Vogelarten. Doch die Windkraft-Mythenmacher schüren Ängst, während die Regierung nur zögerlich die Energiewende-Bremse löst. Interview mit Rainer Doemen (Teil 1)

Zum Teil mussten Käufer die zu viel gelieferten Lautsprecher an Sonos bezahlen. In einem Fall wurden rund 3.500 US-Dollar zusätzlich abgebucht. (Sonos, Sound-Hardware)

Die großen Internetdienste sollen stärker gegen Desinformation und Fake-News vorgehen. Sonst drohen hohe Strafen. (Fake-News, Google)

Dieses Jahr soll wieder ein physischer Chaos Communication Congress stattfinden. In Hamburg wird der Hackerkongress jedoch deutlich kleiner ausfallen. (CCC, Messe)

Ein neues interaktives Suchfeld in Windows 11 platziert sich direkt auf der Taskleiste und neben der Wetter-App. Das erinnert an Windows 10. (Windows 11, Microsoft)

Die Klimakrise und Unternehmen wie Tesla stellen alte Selbstverständlichkeiten infrage: Laut Recherchen von Correctiv nehmen gerichtliche Konflikte um Wasser drastisch zu

Over the past two years, Danish law enforcement authorities have effectively dismantled the once-thriving local torrent tracker scene.

These enforcement actions were combined with various court orders that compel Internet providers to block pirate sites. In theory, these efforts should be the perfect environment for piracy to decrease. On the ground, the opposite is happening.

Piracy Rises in Denmark

Danish anti-piracy group Rights Alliance reports that illegal consumption of movie and TV content has reached the highest level in nine years. This number comes from an annual survey among more than a thousand respondents, carried out by Mediavision.

“As many as 580,000 Danes watch films and series illegally, which is an increase of 80,000 Danish pirates since the spring of 2021,” Rights Alliance notes.

According to the latest data, 13 percent of the Danish population between the ages of 15 and 74 regularly pirate film and TV content. Compared to previous years, people are increasingly downloading and streaming locally produced content.

YouTube and Facebook Pirates

Interestingly, when respondents were asked about the sites they use to access content illegally, YouTube and Facebook were mentioned most often.

Nearly half of all Danish pirates (48%) use YouTube to access content illegally with 42% using Facebook. These two “big tech” sites are far more popular than traditional pirate sources such as Popcorn Time and Solarmovie.

The survey further reveals that almost 30% of pirates use YouTube and Facebook exclusively. The remainder have scattered over more than a dozen alternative pirate sources, of which streaming sites FirstRow Sports and Mr. Swe are growing most rapidly.

Deeply Disturbing

Rights Alliance director Maria Fredenslund is concerned about this “deeply disturbing” trend that’s clearly going in the wrong direction.

“We are seeing an alarming increase in the volume of illegal consumption, which is mainly due to more and more people streaming content illegally via Facebook and YouTube,” Fredenslund says.

“Although these platforms now are required to provide effective tools to ensure that illegal content cannot be uploaded, Mediavision’s investigation shows that we have not yet seen the effect of this.”

Fredenslund hopes that both YouTube and Facebook, partly motivated by new legislation such as the EU Copyright Directive, will do more to prevent copyright-infringing content from appearing on their platforms.

Blockades & Workarounds

In Denmark, Rights Alliance has been the driving force behind many enforcement actions. The group helped to obtain several site-blocking orders and following negotiations, all major ISPs will adhere to these.

These blockades obviously don’t apply to YouTube and Facebook. And for traditional pirate sites, people can find workarounds.

Mediavision’s survey found that more than a third of all Danish pirates use VPNs (38%) or alternate DNS servers (36%) to get access to blocked sites.

Password Sharing

Aside from piracy, rightsholders also face another challenge. The number of people who share passwords to subscription services such as Netflix and Disney+ is growing as well.

Last year, 31% of all Danes shared passwords to streaming services with people outside of their household. In 2022, this percentage has grown to 37%, even though most people know that it’s against streaming platforms’ terms of service.

While password sharing is not counted as piracy, it likely results in a loss in revenue. Nearly half of all respondents indicated that they would sign up for a subscription if sharing was no longer possible.

“Sharing passwords may seem harmless to the individual user, but it is not allowed, and it affects the entire food chain when content is not paid for,” Fredenslund says, calling for more strict enforcement.

All in all these data reveal that unauthorized media consumption is hard to curb. While extra enforcement efforts may help, rightsholders may also want to look into affordable legal options, as opposed to requiring people to take out a handful of subscriptions.

From: TF, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.

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