Trainings

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 […]

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Conferences

Sygnał at European Commission and EUIPO Conference in Alica...

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. […]

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Conferences

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 […]

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It is crucial for authorities to take a more decisive role in combating piracy.
Teresa Wierzbowska
President of the Management Board
Introducing a mechanism for quickly blocking sports broadcasts on pirate websites in Poland is a necessity. Poland cannot afford to fall behind, as the current situation generates millions in losses for the creative market and the sports industry.
Karolina Makowska
Vice President of the Management Board
Unfortunately, nothing will bring us the desired effect until we change local laws. Pirate websites take advantage of the liability exemption provided in Polish regulations – they remove illegal content if they receive a notice of infringement. Our problem is that there is no obligation placed on the administrator to monitor in any way whether the same content reappears on the site.
Łukasz Sternowski
Member of the Management Board

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