Stowarzyszenie Sygnał hosted another workshop on May 13, 2025, at TVN’s Warsaw headquarters. The session brought together media companies, legal professionals, and tech experts to discuss practical challenges in content protection. Topics included: 1. In-house Anti-Piracy Teams – How media companies build effective anti-piracy units. 2. Live Blocking – Legal frameworks and implementation models across […]
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Stowarzyszenie Sygnał at the International MPA/ACE Anti-Piracy Conference
On March 27, 2025, Stowarzyszenie Sygnał participated in a global anti-piracy conference hosted by the Motion Picture Association (MPA) and the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) in Amsterdam. A key focus was live blocking—the real-time shutdown of illegal streams—especially vital for sports broadcasts. Effective live blocking reduces losses and improves rights protection. Stowarzyszenie Sygnał […]
Law, Media, Content Protection – Sygnał Workshop
On March 3, 2025, Sygnał hosted a workshop at the TVN headquarters in Warsaw. Participants included media professionals and intellectual property experts. The agenda covered recent legal changes, including the AI Act and copyright amendments, as well as challenges in online content blocking. The second part featured case studies on issues like impersonation of journalists, […]
“Enforcement of IP rights in the digital environment and in light of new legislative developments” – Seminar on the Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights in the Digital Environment
On February 20, 2025, an international seminar titled “Enforcement of IP rights in the digital environment and in light of new legislative developments” was held in Kraków. The event was organized by the Department of Copyright and Film Law of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Polish Patent Office, and the European Union […]
Police, Prosecutors, and the TV Industry Join Forces to Combat TV Piracy – Conference on November 13-15, 2024
On November 27, 2024, a workshop dedicated to the protection of audiovisual content took place at the TVN headquarters, located at Wiertnicza 166 in Warsaw. The event brought together experts and media industry representatives to exchange knowledge and experiences on the latest technologies for securing video materials. The workshop was officially opened by Teresa Wierzbowska, […]
VI Scientific Conference ICT Crime XXI and PIKE Conference
On May 27-29, 2024, the 6th Scientific Conference entitled “ICT Crime XXI” was held at the Bohaterów Westerplatte Naval Academy in Gdynia. The event brought together experts from the fields of cyber security, law and technology to discuss the latest challenges and solutions to ICT crime. Speakers and Topics: Teresa Wierzbowska, President of the Sygnal […]
Sygnał at European Commission and EUIPO Conference in Alicante
We feel honored to have been invited to participate in the conference “Stepping Up the Fight Against Online Piracy of Sports and other Live Events” organized by the European Commission and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) on October 9-10 in Alicante. The association was represented at the conference by Sygnal President Teresa Wierzbowska. […]
On Blocking Pirated Sports Broadcasts at PIKE
– Introducing a mechanism to quickly block sports broadcasts on pirate sites in Poland is a necessity, argued Sygnal’s representatives Teresa Wierzbowska and Karolina Makowska at the 50th PIKE International Conference and Exhibition in Lodz. – Web blocking, dynamic blocking, live blocking are already used in Western European countries. Taking down illegal sports broadcasts and […]
On the Internet Crimes from Sanok
On September 7-8, the Jan Grodek State University in Sanok organized a recurring training conference for uniformed services. The main theme of the 14th conference was “Combating the Internet Related Crimes. Procedural Principles Related to Securing and Analyzing Evidence in the Internet Cases.” The conference was attended by representatives from various commercial companies, the police, […]
Conference in Gdynia, Meeting on the Report, and Workshops in Mielno
A scientific conference at the Naval Academy in Gdynia on ‘ICT Crime XXI’, a meeting on the latest piracy report and further training for police officers – these are Sygnał’s recent activities. The scale of video content theft on the Internet, losses to the market and methods of combating it were discussed by Sygnał’s President […]