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szdaily -> World Economy -> 
Singapore urged to curb piracy
    2017-12-05  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

SINGAPORE, which prides itself on being a haven for law and order, is being called a haven for pirating copyrighted programming by entertainment titans such as Walt Disney, HBO, the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League.

Viewers in the city-state buy legitimate set-top boxes that also allow unauthorized streaming of thousands of movies, TV shows and live sporting events, said the Coalition Against Piracy.

The coalition’s 21 members, including divisions of Sony Corp. and Twenty-First Century Fox Inc., want the government to block the pirating software inside the devices, which are found at local electronics stores and on e-commerce sites such as Lazada.

“Within the Asia-Pacific region, Singapore is the worst in terms of availability of illicit streaming devices,” said Neil Gane, general manager of the Asia-focused coalition, referring to countries where the boxes are considered legal. “They have access to hundreds of illicit broadcasts of channels and video-on-demand content.”

Singapore, notorious for imposing the death penalty for some drug and firearm offenses, is a focal point in the entertainment industry’s campaign to curb piracy in the region. Online TV and movie piracy will cost the industry an estimated US$31.8 billion in global revenue this year, reaching US$51.6 billion by 2022, according to London-based Digital TV Research.

The Asia-Pacific region will become the largest for online piracy next year, overtaking North America, the researcher said.

Singapore ranked ninth in the number of visits per Internet user to piracy websites, according to London-based Muso TNT, which tracks such visits. In a separate survey of 1,000 Singaporeans sponsored by industry association CASBAA, about 40 percent said they were active consumers of pirated content.

“The piracy here is rampant and shockingly so,” said Lise-Anne Stott, Singapore-based head of legal for A+E Networks Asia, a coalition member that offers History, Lifetime and three other channels there.

The boxes allow Singaporeans to use apps that access programming not shown at home because it’s censored, lacks a licensing deal or requires a subscription fee users don’t want to pay. In some cases, users can stream uncensored versions — with nudity or violence — of locally available shows such as A+E’s “Vikings.”

“Copyright infringement is not so much about a device or technology as it is about whether that device or technology is used in a manner that is illegal,” the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore said. (SD-Agencies)

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