By Ishbel Macleod

The City of London Police has launched its Infringing Website List (IWL), an online portal providing the digital advertising sector with an up-to-date list of copyright infringing sites.

Part of Operation Creative, the aim of the IWL, which was first revealed by The Drum in December 2012, is to disrupt the advertising revenues on illegal websites globally

Detective Chief Inspector Andy Fyfe, head of Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU), said: “If an advert from an established brand appears on an infringing website not only does it lend the site a look of legitimacy, but inadvertently the brand and advertiser Read full story ›

Source: The Drum