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Some good news: piracy is falling in Sweden and Finland. But it's holding steady in Denmark and Norway — progress is real, but partial. #Piracy #Nordics #StreamingIndustry

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Sweden alone accounts for ~465,000 households paying for pirated streams — the single largest illegal IPTV market in the Nordic region. #Sweden #Piracy #IPTV

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The going rate for illegal IPTV in the Nordics? About €20/month — cheap enough to look like "just another subscription." The real cost in terms of cyber attack is much greater. #Piracy #ContentTheft #Streaming

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Piracy isn't even across the Nordics: Norway & Denmark ~12% of households, Sweden ~10%, Finland lowest at 5%. Where content is priced and packaged matters. #Nordics #IPTV #MediaPolicy

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1.2 million Nordic households currently pay for illegal access to TV and streaming content. That's not a niche problem — that's a parallel market. #IllegalIPTV #Piracy #Streaming

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Almost 1 in 10 Nordic households now pay for pirated TV. Together they're spending close to €280m a year on illegal IPTV — a market that size doesn't stay small. 🧵 #Piracy #StreamingWars #Nordics

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Illegal streaming costs the UK an astounding £1.35bn a year & 10,400 jobs, £366m in lost tax & £270m stolen from consumers through fraud and identity theft. £1.2bn of it ends up funding organised crime. 👇 #ThePriceOfPiracy assets.contentstack.io/v3/assets/bl...

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Interesting mix of companies now covered by enhanced regs. How does Spotify fit in here?

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The mix and category of service is interesting, as is the ownership (Google ?)

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

There are 28 tech platforms currently covered by the enhanced requirements, with only one platform removed from the obligation, that being Stripchat in 2025.

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

"Countering online piracy of sports and broadcast in the EU," via Giovanni Maria Riccio, Fabiola Iraci Gambazza and Gianmarco Marani. The report is here www.europarl.europa.eu/thinktank/en... #piracy #copyright #europeancommission #euparliament #sports #tvrights #IPLaw #IntellectualProperty

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The full report, co-authored by @alvarooleart.bsky.social, is linked here: policyreview.info/articles/ana...

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What's missing entirely from the rules: the environmental cost of data centres, the underpaid labour (some Kenyan annotators earned <$2/hr training ChatGPT) behind these models, & quietly a 2025 "Digital Omnibus" that's already watering the AI Act down. #AIRegulation #DigitalRights #Democracy

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No sector spends more on Brussels lobbying than tech — Meta, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Google top the list. They call this "technosolutionism" — treating political/structural problems as technical ones to be quietly managed away. #TechPolicy #Regulation #SurveillanceCapitalism

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The EU built the world's first comprehensive AI law. New peer-reviewed research shows something uncomfortable: Big Tech isn't just regulated by it.... it's increasingly writing it. 🧵 #AIAct #BigTech #EUpolicy

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

In this new paper, self-regulation, co-authored by big tech, is hijacking the democratic process, and leaves one big question is: Who regulates who?

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Stat: Over 50% of piracy apps and streaming devices are estimated to contain ResProxy malware, with some recent samples testing higher. #Malware

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A knowledge economy is based on intellectual efforts, many of which create immaterial value. This value can grow over and over again, the resources needed stay the same. www.netopia.eu/can-copyrigh... #AI #publishers #copyright

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Netopia.eu @netopia.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Research shows employees could be putting sensitive business data at risk by using work phones and devices to access illegal streaming services, with large numbers suffering malware infections and phishing attempts. www.advanced-television.com/2026/08/04/s...

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Source: Enders Analysis, Video piracy: Big tech is clearly unwilling to address the problem (Report 2025‑054), May 2025. For more visit: www.netopia.eu

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Closer: Reducing the risk requires consumer awareness, stronger device security, retailer responsibility, enforcement and software updates. #OnlineSafety

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Digital life degrades: A household IP flagged for proxy activity can cause more CAPTCHAs, blocked sites, failed payments and email delivery problems. #DigitalIdentity

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Where it spreads: Pirate tools are distributed through online forums, unsafe free VPNs and low-cost no-name Android TV boxes. #StreamingDevices

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What you risk: Compromised devices can expose users to data theft, identity fraud, financial crime and surveillance. #DataProtection

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How it gets in: ResProxy malware uses pirate apps and devices as an entry point, enrolling home networks into criminal proxy networks. #ResidentialProxies

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Stat: Over 50% of piracy apps and streaming devices are estimated to contain ResProxy malware, with some recent samples testing higher. #Malware

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