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Mastercard and Visa Under Pressure for ‘Enabling’ IPTV Piracy

posted by martyb on Sunday August 05 2018, @05:07AM   Printer-friendly
from the follow-the-money dept.

Fnord666 writes:

With help from dedicated hardware boxes, live streaming piracy has seen a massive user growth in recent years.

While there are hundreds of free live streaming sites and tools, there's also a huge market for paid pirate services, which charge a fraction of the cost of their legal counterparts.

One company that has kept a close eye on these developments is Irdeto. The anti-piracy outfit has assisted copyright holders and law enforcement on several occasions and has helped bring down some of the largest offenders.

However, the problem isn't going away, not even when criminal law enforcement gets involved. One of the problems is that it's relatively easy for pirate IPTV providers to operate in the open, helped by reputable payment processors such as Visa, Mastercard and PayPal.

This is one of the main conclusions of research published by Irdeto this week.

Source: TorrentFreak

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @12:11PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 05 2018, @12:11PM (#717490)

    I get paid to fix a car.

    Maybe I should start lobbying my Congressman so I can expect payments as long as that guy drives his car.

    Without my creativity to repair his car, he would not be driving it, eh?

    Proud Member of the Repair Industry Association of America.

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  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Runaway1956 on Sunday August 05 2018, @12:25PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Sunday August 05 2018, @12:25PM (#717493) Homepage Journal

    Exactly. And, I'll go one a little better. I've built homes, which are generally more durable than a car. (not always, but mostly) I've built a paper mill, sawmills, a bridge, and more. Shouldn't I get paid for each structure for as long as they are in use? Homeowners, industry, and the department of transportation should be sending me monthly or annual checks. And, oh yeah - I worked on building that prison. Every prisoner in New Boston, Texas owes me for his occupancy.

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:16PM

      by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Sunday August 05 2018, @09:16PM (#717611)

      Shouldn't I get paid for each structure for as long as they are in use? Homeowners, industry, and the department of transportation should be sending me monthly or annual checks. And, oh yeah - I worked on building that prison. Every prisoner in New Boston, Texas owes me for his occupancy.

      You forgot to mention controlling who they can and cannot sell to...