piracy

The study found that Filipinos are 33 times more likely to encounter cyber threats on popular piracy sites than on legal film or TV sites.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said it has issued requests to disable the following sites: SFlix sites (sflix.to, sflix.se, and sflix.is) and MyFlixer sites (myflixerz.to, myflixertv.to, and myflixer.today).

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) has issued its first site-blocking request against 11 domains and subdomains under the YTS brand, one of the top piracy websites in the world.

The total intellectual property (IP) infringing goods seized in January to December last year reached an estimated market value of P26.86 billion, surpassing the previous record of P24.90 billion registered in 2021.

The Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) said the top source for intellectual property violations was the online space, particularly on Facebook, other websites, Shopee, Instagram, and Lazada.

42% of the intellectual property rights violations in the country from March to June 2020 were piracy activities, including illegal streaming and illegal reproduction of copyrighted content.

From January to June this year, the OMB seized 11,941 pieces of storage device, 100,257 pieces of blank discs, and 54,338 pieces of pirated DVDs.

Aside from illegal streaming and illegal reproduction of copyrighted content such as movies and anime, IPOPHL said there has been an increase in intellectual property violations for e-books with the rise of distance learning.

The survey also revealed an alarming trend -- many of the people streaming pirated content are young.

The lawsuits allege that the suspects engaged in a multi-state scheme to sell pirated set-top boxes to the unsuspecting public.