The service illegally distributing movies, TV series and entertainment programs on the Internet operated for at least three years. Film distributors and program broadcasters estimate losses of at least PLN 15 million Malopolska police officers report. The investigation has been conducted by the Regional Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin since mid-2020. At the beginning of October […]
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Three People Detained for their Pirate Services
Sizeable success in the fight against pirate streaming services. In the case of a portal illegally disseminating movies and series, police officers from economic crime untis in Lesser Poland Voivodoships, under the supervision of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Lublin, detained three people. The estimated damage caused to members of the Sygnal Association is about […]
More than 500 Police Officers Trained
The eighth meeting of the educational series on protecting intellectual property and combating TV theft on the Internet, organized by Sygnal in cooperation with the Police Headquarters and provincial police headquarters, was held at the Police School in Piła from October 10-13. This time, the training was attended by more than 100 policewomen and policemen […]
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, […]
Change of address of Sygnal from August 1, 2023
As of August 1, 2023, please send all correspondence to a new Sygnał Association address: Stowarzyszenie Sygnał Aleja Stanów Zjednoczonych 61 A 04-028 Warszawa
Latest Data on the Scale of Video Content Theft on the Internet – Deloitte Report
The audiovisual market loses nearly PLN 3 billion annually due to video content theft. 7.3 million Polish internet users access sites offering illegal access to audiovisual content. Despite the fact that the number of internet users resorting to pirate sources has decreased by 900,000 over the past six years, the phenomenon generates increasing losses for […]
New Piracy Figures and Dangerous IPTV Adverstisements – Sygnał in the Media
We encourage you to read articles in which Sygnał’s representatives talk about new measures by EU institutions to prevent piracy of live sports events, comment on the results of the latest Deloitte report and warn against advertisements of pirate IPTV services on Facebook. – ‘’The European Parliament is working on blocking illegal sports broadcasts within […]
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 […]