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Training for police officers from the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Voivodship

The Police School in Piła hosted the fourth meeting of the educational series on the protection of intellectual property and the fight against TV theft on the Internet, organised by Sygnal in cooperation with the Police Headquarters and the Regional Police Headquarters, on 26-27 January this year.

Against Piracy

KSSiP and Sygnał together against online piracy

On 19 December 2022, a cooperation agreement was signed between the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution and the Signal Association in the field of joint education on the fight against online video content theft. The cooperation initiated at the Continuous Training and International Cooperation Centre of the National School of Judiciary and Public Prosecution in Lublin will include the organisation and implementation of training courses, conferences and seminars for prosecutors and judges on the protection of intellectual property and the fight against copyright infringement, as well as the exchange of good practices in this area.

Trainings

Workshops for Małopolska and Świętokrzyskie police officers

Almost 80 policemen and policewomen from departments for combating economic crime from the Małopolskie and Świętokrzyskie Voivodeships on 7-8 November this year took part in a training course in Zakopane. This was the third meeting in an educational series on the protection of intellectual property and combating TV theft on the Internet.

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Forensic Science Workshop for prosecutors and assessors

At the invitation of the District Prosecutor’s Office in Szczecin, those representing Sygnal, Zbigniew Taras and Paweł Watkowski, participated in the next, fourth edition of the Forensic Science Workshop dedicated to prosecutors and assessors of the prosecutor’s offices of the Szczecin District, organised on 24-26 October in Pogorzelica. The topic of the workshop – “Cybercrime – contemporary challenges of Law Enforcement Agencies”.

Conferences

About the fight against cybercrime at a conference in Sanok

On 8-9 September 2022, the 13th conference on the dangers of using modern technologies was held in Sanok. The Sygnal Association was represented by Jakub Kupniewski and Zbigniew Taras, whose topic of presentation was theft of TV content on the Internet. The conference was organised by the Institute of Social Sciences of the Jan Grodek State University in Sanok and the Provincial Police Headquarters in Rzeszów.

Against Piracy

Pirates earn less and less from advertising – White Bullet report

Pirates are earning less and less from advertising, and the ‘follow the money’ strategy is working, according to White Bullet’s report on piracy funding on the Polish internet from advertising in Q2 2022. Estimated advertising revenue generated by traffic from Poland on the monitored sites fell by 39%. Moreover, only ten websites account for more than two-thirds of the identified estimated ad revenues.

Conferences

Piracy at the 21st Century ICT Crime Conference

How much and what pirated video content did internet users consume during the pandemic period? What is the remedy in practice for sharing and streaming cases? Does cutting off pirate sites from funding sources effectively shut down their activities? These questions were answered by speakers representing the Signal Association at the scientific conference ‘ICT Crime of the 21st Century’ at the Naval Academy in Gdynia on 15 June 2022.

Events

Golden Badges awarded for the twentieth time

For the twentieth time, the Anti-Piracy Coalition awarded Golden Badges (Złote Blachy) – honorary awards to police officers for spectacular successes in the fight against intellectual property theft. The awards ceremony was held on June 21 at the  Police Headquarters in Warsaw, with the participation of Deputy Police Chief Maj. Gen. Paweł Dobrodziej. The winners […]

Trainings

Training in Janów Lubelski has been conducted

70 police officers from anti-economic crime departments from the Lubelskie and Podkarpackie provinces took part in a training course in Janow Lubelski on June 14-15, the second in an educational series on protecting intellectual property and fighting TV piracy on the Internet. The training sessions, in the form of lectures and workshops, are part of […]

Trainings

Educational series for Sygnał’s 20th anniversary has been launched

We launched the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Signal Association with a two-day training for police officers from Lower Silesia. The inauguration took place during a training course in Szklarska Poręba, the first in an educational series on the protection of intellectual property and the fight against TV piracy on the Internet, covered […]