Internet & Mobile
Platform Coverage
Our content protection solutions provide broad based coverage to ensure minimized availability of pirated content.
Our research shows that most consumers (of pirated content) reach pirated content through search engines and social media. This prompted us to design our solutions to address both, the source of pirated content, as well as, these accessibility channels available to the user.
| Content Type | Media Type | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Live Streams | – | Mips.tv, Janjua.tv |
| Archived Content | Recorded stream | Youtube, Dailymotion |
| Downloadable files | Uploaded.net, Rapidgator | |
| P2P/Torrents | Kickass, Isohunt | |
| IPTV | – | Chitram, Jadoo |
| Search Results | – | Google, Yahoo |
| Social Media | – | Facebook, Twitter, vk.com |
App Stores Monitored
Experience
At MarkScan, every project is a new learning. We have accumulated an enviable wealth of subject matter knowledge. Each of the findings below represent several hours of primary research.
Intermediary liability in cases of online copyright infringement
Context of Cases & their Description
| Context | Description |
|---|---|
| Directing users towards pirated content | Where the party involved is responsible for promoting infringement by prompting or incentivizing infringement |
| Contributory Infringement | Where the party involved an enabler in the form ofa platform or a technology providers |
| Direct Infringement | Where the party involved is directly responsible for infringement |
Liaison with international law enforcement
MarkScan has repeatedly set new benchmarks in enforcement of our clients’ copyrights. This includes several referrals to law enforcement agencies in the geographies where pirated content is hosted. Below are two of these complaints:
Pirate website databases
By virtue of our work in this domain and our unique position, we have been able to collate extensive data on pirate websites. This includes:
- Database of ~350k pirate websites
- This includes over 4000 websites dedicated to pirated music and over 20,000 websites for pirated movies
- Multiple ccTLD variants of known pirate sites
- Contact details for each of these websites including registrant, registrar, hosts ans ISPs
Collection of court admissible evidence
MarkScan was directly responsible for securing an injunction of one of our client to protect their rights in a major sporting event. The said court order can be viewed below.