On September 5-6, 2024, the 15th edition of the Training Conference for Uniformed Services took place at the State University of Jan Grodek in Sanok. The event was organized by the Department of Internal Security at the Institute of Social Sciences and the Provincial Police Headquarters in Rzeszów. The main theme of the conference focused […]
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Police Shut Down an Illegal TV Signal Sharing Point: A 49-Year-Old from Krakow has been Detained
Police officers from the Kraków district have shut down an illegal TV signal distribution point using the “sharing” method of two pay digital platforms, and detained a 49-year-old from Kraków. During the operation, which took place on June 25 this year, the infrastructure used for this procedure, located, among other things, in the suspect’s kitchen […]
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 […]
Summary of the Past Year and Election of the Association Bodies
On March 20, 2024, the annual reporting General Meeting of Sygnał’s members was held, during which the activities of the association in the past year were summarized and the President, members of the Board of Directors, the Audit Committee and the Collegiate Court of the Sygnał Association were elected. A summary of Sygnał’s activities in […]
Golden Badges 2023 – Best Police Officers in Combating Piracy Awarded
Four police units that distinguished themselves in the past year in combating crime against intellectual property have been awarded with Golden Badges 2023 awards. The awards are presented by the Anti-Piracy Coalition together with the Chief of Police. Among the best police officers in the field of combating piracy were officers from the Department for […]
General Meeting of the Sygnał Association
The General Meeting of Members of the Sygnal Association will be held on March 20, 2024. The agenda provides for: 1. Opening of the General Meeting of Members and Election of the Chairman of the General Meeting; 2. Ascertaining that the General Meeting of Members has been duly convened, is capable of adopting resolutions, and […]
Training for Prosecutors from all over Poland
In 2024, we have expanded our educational activities for law enforcement agencies with specialized trainings prepared for Prosecutors. The training series is organized by the Department for Cybercrime and Computerization of the National Prosecutor’s Office in partnership with Sygnał Association. Nearly 300 Prosecutors from all over the country took part in the trainings held in […]
Effectiveness of Audiovisual Content Infringement Notifications – Sygnał Association Report
The year 2024 could be a breakthrough in the standardization of intellectual property protection mechanisms in Europe. Increasing awareness of the value of copyright translates into the implementation of increasingly sophisticated mechanisms for responding to illegal distribution of content online. The European Commission’s recommendations, as well as an ongoing study of their application throughout 2024, […]
Completion of the Educational Cycle for the Police Units
701 police officers were trained as part of the educational cycle on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Sygnal Association. On November 28-29 in Piaseczno, the last lecture and workshop meeting on the protection of intellectual property and the fight against TV theft on the Internet took place, under the honorary patronage of […]
Sharing in Bydgoszcz
Policemen from the Bydgoszcz city police station fighting economic and corruption crime detained a 44-year-old man running an illegal TV signal sharing business. The Bydgoszcz resident had made sharing a permanent source of income for himself. He took from 20 to 30 zlotys for a monthly digital TV package, when an honest customer had to […]