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High Court orders Internet service providers to block access to ISDs

November 28, 2018 by Ang Yi An

The High Court ordered Singapore’s internet service providers to block access to popular illegal applications that are frequently sold pre-loaded on android TV boxes, which are also known as illicit streaming devices (ISDs). These apps . They are preloaded on TV boxes which are overtly sold in retail outlets such as Sim Lim Square, IT exhibitions and on popular e-markets.

The application and illicit streaming device (ISD) ecosystem is impacting all businesses involved in the production and distribution of legitimate content. Configuring TV boxes with applications to stream audio-visual content from illegal streaming servers allows consumers to access unauthorised premium TV channels, live sports channels and movies for the one-off price of the TV box and (often) a yearly subscription to access the content – with the revenue going into the pockets of criminal syndicates and individuals all benefiting from the spoils of such a crime.

The commercial damage that such content theft does to the creative industries is without dispute. However, the damage done to consumers themselves, as a result of the nexus between online piracy and pernicious malware such as spyware and ransomware, is only beginning to be recognised. Cancelling legitimate subscription services and paying cheap application subscriptions for access to pirated content is fraught with risks.

AVIA’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) includes leading video content creators and distributors in Asia. Members include: beIN Sports, Discovery, The Walt Disney Company, FOX Networks Group, HBO Asia, La Liga, NBCUniversal, Netflix, Premier League, Turner Asia-Pacific, A&E Networks, Astro, BBC Worldwide, CANAL+, Cignal, Media Partners Asia, National Basketball Association, PCCW Media, Singtel, Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia, TVB, True Visions, TV5MONDE, and Viacom International Media Networks.

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Other Topics: A+E Networks, Astro, BBC Worldwide, beIN SPORTS, CANAL+, Cignal, Discovery, Fox Networks Group, HBO Asia, High Court, illicit streaming device (ISD), La Liga, Media Partners Asia, National Basketball Association, NBCUniversal, Netflix, PCCW Media, Premier League, Singtel, Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia, The Walt Disney Company, True Visions, Turner Asia Pacific, TV5MONDE, TVB, Viacom International Media Networks

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