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Cloudflare ordered to pay ¥500m for aiding manga piracy site

A Japanese court on Wednesday ordered U.S. cloud service firm Cloudflare Inc. to pay about 500 million yen ($3 million) in damages to four...

Japan manga industry loses ¥8.5-trillion a year to online piracy—study

Lost revenue from illegal online viewing of Japanese manga and other publications worldwide was estimated at around 8.5 trillion yen ($55 billion) a year,...

Globe Telecom urges site-blocking law to fight piracy, protect creative economy

MANILA, Philippines - Globe Telecom is pushing for the immediate passage of a formal site-blocking law in the Philippines, arguing that a legislative mandate...

Globe asks Congress to pass anti-piracy law

Globe Telecom Inc. is urging lawmakers to refile and pass legislation that would empower the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) to order...

Viva, IPOPHL sign deal vs. online piracy

Viva Holdings Inc. and its 37 subsidiaries signed an e-commerce memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) Tuesday,...

Lagging behind the anti-piracy fight

“The Philippines continues to see its creative economy undermined by piracy” The long-delayed Site Blocking Bill in the Senate continues to stall, despite unanimous support...

Group calls on Senate: Pass site blocking bills

A local consumer advocacy group took the Senate to task for failing to act with urgency on site blocking bills that seek to clamp...

Site blocking bill in limbo while piracy profits, industries suffer

“Let us stand together to protect Filipino creativity, secure thousands of livelihoods, and build a safer digital future for all” The huge economic potential of...

Japan to use AI to tackle online manga and anime piracy

Tokyo, Japan—Japan is planning to use AI to police anime and manga pirating websites that the pop-culture powerhouse accuses of costing it billions of dollars...

The true cost of ‘free’ piracy websites

“You might still end up paying, and dearly.” In an age where streaming and downloading content is just a click away, the lure of “free”...

Blocking piracy, saving an industry, protecting consumers

“The site blocking bill is also about shielding Filipino consumers from the hidden dangers of online piracy.” As advocates for consumer protection, we at CitizenWatch...

Villar pushes measures against online piracy

Senator Mark Villar is pushing for stronger measures to combat IP piracy, noting that the majority of these illegal activities now occur online. Villar, in...

DICT prods lawmakers to hasten legislation of revised IP Code

THE DEPARTMENT of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) is urging Congress to hasten the passage of an amended Intellectual Property Code (IPC), which will...

Digital environment should be safe for all users — think tank

THE digital environment should be safe for all users, aside from being conducive to growth innovation, think tank Stratbase ADR Institute president Dindo Manhit...
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