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Coalition Against Piracy calls Singapore ‘a haven for pirating copyrighted programming’

on Dec 4, 2017 | 0 comments

By Shawn Lim

The Coalition Against Piracy, which counts Walt Disney, HBO, the National Basketball Association and the English Premier League as members, has called Singapore ‘a haven for pirating copyrighted programming’.

According to Bloomberg, the coalition wants the Singapore government to block pirating software in legitimate set-top boxes that allows unauthorized streaming of thousands of movies, TV shows and live sporting events.

These set-top boxes can be found at local electronics stores and on e-commerce sites such as Lazada, and allows Singaporeans to use apps that stream uncensored versions of nudity and violence programming not shown locally because of censorship, no licensing deals and Read full story ›

Source: The Drum