LESS CONTENT IS BEING CREATED BECAUSE OF PIRACY, SAYS ADVOCATE. HOW CAN CREATORS DEFEND THEIR WORKS?
The Ulož.to portal was once a huge repository of any kind of content. It offered the latest movies and TV series for download, but also music, literature and video games. But in December 2023, Ulož.to ceased its original activity and transformed into a cloud storage site where files cannot be searched. This ended a great era of internet piracy in the Czech Republic. However, neither the end of the popular portal nor the advent of streaming services completely eradicated the illegal distribution of content. Creators must continue to protect their copyrights. How? That's what attorney Klára Hrabáková answered in an interview with CNN Prima NEWS.
Not so long ago, internet piracy was rampant. Downloading a video game, music, movie or TV series using torrents or portals like Ulož.to was the order of the day. But in recent years, piracy seems to have disappeared.
The end of Upload.to, which turned off public searches between stored files, contributed to its decline. It later morphed into a classic cloud storage for private data sharing. Another important role was played by the emergence of streaming platforms such as Spotify, Netflix, Max, Disney+ and others.
Thousands of movies and series or songs by musical artists are available through them. For just a few hundred crowns, users can set up a subscription and happily consume entertainment. Yet even today, copyright is still something to keep in mind.
According to Hrabáková, pirate platforms make money from the distribution of content, but their money is irretrievably drained away and not invested in further film or television production. "It is important to remember that piracy does not serve to distribute culture to the masses, but instead less culture is created," Hrabáková says.
"Copyright also protects the jobs of all the people involved in the creation of series. Whether they are actors, writers, technicians or people who subsequently produce the series. It's a whole range of professions and copyright protects their livelihoods as well,"
explains why it is necessary to protect content creators.
How can creators defend themselves against pirates? That's not the only question attorney Klara Hrabakova answers in an interview with CNN Prima NEWS. In the following minutes, she explains why authors should enforce their rights to protect their content, how piracy affects creators, and whether classic television will survive in the coming years or whether it will fall into oblivion due to streaming platforms.
Watch the full interview with Klára Hrabáková, attorney at law and member of the board of ALAI Czech Republic, here.
Source: cnn.iprima.cz
