SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
July 1, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --
Rightscorp (OTCQB: RIHT), the leading provider of monetization
services for artists and holders of copyrighted Intellectual
Property (IP), announced today that its CEO Christopher Sabec delivered a key presentation
at the 5th Annual Anti-Piracy & Content Protection
Summit at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Los Angeles on
June 24, 2014. Mr. Sabec presented on
the legal obligations of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to
content creators and their liability for subscriber
infringements.
In his presentation, Mr. Sabec highlighted that peer-to-peer
piracy made up 42% of all North American upload traffic and that
under U.S. law, no one is legally entitled to participate in piracy
with impunity -- not even ISPs. Mr. Sabec encouraged rights holders
to hold ISPs accountable for piracy on their networks.
Mr. Sabec presented an overview of the concepts of contributory
and vicarious copyright infringement and how they apply to ISPs. He
also discussed the origins and implementation of the Digital
Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and its four safe harbors.
Mr. Sabec emphasized that the safe harbors aren't unconditional,
but have eligibility requirements contained in Subsection 512 (i)
that ISPs must adhere to, including having a complaint repeat
infringer policy. Mr. Sabec quoted Capitol Records v. MP3tunes
reminding the audience that the "purpose of the conditions for
eligibility provision of the DMCA is to deny protection to service
providers that tolerate users who flagrantly disrespect
copyrights."
"Copyright infringement is prevalent in U.S. and is forecasted
to grow 170% by 2016," said Christopher Sabec, CEO of Rightscorp.
"We have a proven solution that works and we were pleased that we
could present and share our information with key industry
executives at the Summit so they could protect themselves and their
clients. We push ISPs to suspend accounts of repeat copyright
infringers and we currently have over 140 ISPs that are
participating in our program, including suspending the accounts of
repeat infringers."
The 5th Annual Anti-Piracy & Content Protection
Summit brought together experts in Film, TV, Gaming, Music,
Software, Sports and e-Publishing industries along with content
producers and developers, law enforcement, government policymakers,
legal experts and many other individuals and leaders to discuss
development solutions to optimize their content and copyright
protection processes.
Rightscorp currently represents more than 1.5 million copyrights
and has partnered with major motion picture studios, numerous
Platinum recording artists, Academy Award-winning films, top TV
shows and many others. Rightscorp has already received settlements
from subscribers of more than 140 ISPs and closed over 75,000 cases
of copyright infringement to date.
To review presentation materials please visit:
http://content.stockpr.com/rightscorp/media/67cf3ec75afab22568a466dbe1b770f5.pdf
About Rightscorp, Inc.
Rightscorp (OTCQB: RIHT) is a
leading provider of monetization services for artists and holders
of copyrighted Intellectual Property (IP). The Company's patent
pending digital loss prevention technology focuses on the
infringement of digital content such as music, movies, software,
and games and ensures that owners and creators are rightfully paid
for their IP. Rightscorp implements existing laws to solve
copyright infringements by collecting payments from illegal file
sharing activities via notifications sent through Internet Service
Providers (ISPs). The Company's technology identifies
copyright infringers, who are offered a reasonable settlement
option when compared to the legal liability defined in the Digital
Millennium Copyrights Act (DMCA). Based on the fact that 22% of all
Internet traffic is used to distribute copyrighted content without
permission or compensation to the creators, Rightscorp is pursuing
an estimated $2.3 billion opportunity and has monetized major media
titles through relationships with industry leaders.
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