\n The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Multichoice Group have signed an anti-piracy memorandum of understanding (MOU).<\/p>\n
The MoU will cover the following areas of collaboration:<\/p>\n
Policy development and regulatory frameworks;<\/p>\n
Capacity building and experience sharing;<\/p>\n
Intellectual property rights protection and anti-piracy partnership, and<\/p>\n
Monitoring and compliance.<\/p>\n
The department’s Director-General, Advocate Doctor Mashabane, said: ‘[This] marks another milestone in the government’s efforts to fight broadcast and content piracy, which continue to drain the fiscus of billions of rands a year.<\/p>\n
‘Committing to signing this MOU shows our commitment to protect our creative industry so it can grow and attract investment – something that cannot happen without the Government’s intervention.’<\/p>\n
MultiChoice South Africa CEO Mark Jury said: ‘As MultiChoice evolves from a traditional video entertainment business into a diversified platform business focused on technology, we are committed to pr
\nomoting legitimate content consumption and supporting the creative industry.<\/p>\n
‘We look forward to strengthening partnerships with a number of stakeholders, including the department, to wage a coordinated war against piracy.’<\/p>\n
The department explained that the MOU paves the way for enforcement and deterrence.<\/p>\n
‘This partnership will bolster enforcement actions against piracy, sending a strong deterrent message to perpetrators and significantly aiding in the revision of pertinent laws and the enhancement of training for judicial and enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n
‘The current legislative gaps means there is no incentive for hosting providers and other intermediaries, including financial, to work with legitimate role-players in the Audio-Visual (AV) content value chain or with the police to reduce piracy and block online pirate websites and the sharing of pirated content.<\/p>\n
‘Ideally such measures should form part of a broader policy and legislative response to deal with cybercrime, cyber piracy and cyberterrorism through
\nblocking access to infringing domains\/IP addresses, reducing harm through education of the public, disrupting payments and improving financial investigation and enforcement responses to these actions,’ the department said.<\/p>\n
Source: South African Government News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and the Multichoice Group have signed an anti-piracy memorandum of understanding (MOU).<\/p>\n
The MoU will cover the following areas of collaboration:<\/p>\n
Policy development and regulatory frameworks;
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