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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 […]
At PIKE on the Latest Piracy Figures
We have obtained the latest data on the audiovisual content piracy problem, including the the television content, in Poland. Presentation of the key findings of the report based on the provided data was prepared for Sygnal by Deloitte, and presented during the Polish Chamber of Electronic Communications conference held on May 23, 2023, in Sopot. […]
Summary of the Past Year Activities and Discharge of the Management Board
On May 11, 2023, the Annual General Meeting of Sygnał’s Members took place, during which summarized activities of the Association from the past year were reported. Lifted pandemic restrictions allowed the Association to resume most of its activities. These were conducted as a part of the Sygnał’s 20th anniversary celebrations postponed from year 2021. The […]
International conference on blocking pirate domains
26 April is International Intellectual Property Day. On this occasion, ICC Poland – the Polish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce – and CANAL+ Poland, in cooperation with the Signal Association, organised an international meeting in Warsaw on cross-industry cooperation in the field of intellectual property protection.
More police garrisons trained
120 police officers from Economic Crime Departments from police units in the Warmińsko-Mazurskie, Podlaskie and Wielkopolskie provinces were trained in April this year at a workshop organised by Sygnal in cooperation with the Police Headquarters. The two-day meetings were held at the Police College in Szczytno and the Police School in Piła. During the training, Signal members discussed the specifics of TV content theft crimes on the internet, presented the association’s recent achievements, and described the extent of cooperation with law enforcement agencies and its effects.
Golden Badges for successes in the fight against piracy awarded
The Anti-Piracy Coalition has once again honoured police officers from police units that have particularly distinguished themselves in the past year with their effective fight against music, TV and computer piracy with Golden Badges. The Departments for Fighting Economic Crime of the Provincial Police Headquarters in Olsztyn and the District Police Headquarters in Ostrów Wielkopolski were honoured for their fight against infringements of intellectual property rights. A special award for educational cooperation went to Superintendent Iwona Klonowska, Commandant-Rector of the Police Academy in Szczytno.
Owner of zalukaj.vip temporarily arrested. Pirate site disappeared from the web
Police officers from the Central Office for Combating Cybercrime have brought an end to a major pirate site offering films and series. Two men were charged with illegal distribution of copyrighted works. The originator and owner of the service was temporarily arrested. The total amount of damage resulting from the operation of the service is estimated by the wronged parties at several million zlotys.