It is possible to fight piracy – and to do it successfully and efficiently

In Ukraine, it is now possible to fight video piracy rather efficiently within the limits of current legislation. How to do it and what to pay attention to — these were the issues discussed by business owners, top managers and lawyers of Ukrainian and international companies on September 18 during KYIV MEDIA WEEK 2017 at the conference for copyrighters organized by Clear Sky initiative.

Today, there are ways to fight illegal content published both in Ukraine and abroad, as hosting owners started dynamic cooperation with copyrighters. In its turn, Ukrainian cyber police introduces methods of fighting piracy, providing the newest solution to the copyrighters. The latter, having overcome the psychological barrier of filing the first claim about violation of copyright on the Internet, start protecting their own content in a more active and productive way. Besides, to implement the abovementioned idea in real life one does not need big staff anymore ; there is a unique software working in this field extremely well.

During the conference, the participants were informed about legal procedures of blocking illegal content and the schemes of interaction with the resources violating copyright. Vyacheslav Miyenko, deputy general manager for legal issues at 1+1 Media, is convinced that pirates will always be more flexible than copyrighters. However, it is possible to complicate the pirates’ life in a very significant way. E.g., when a claim is filed for each item separately, the offender will have to pay a penalty for each such item.