The Spanish National Police have raided a Málaga store suspected
of hosting an illegal Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) streaming business,
reports ITRealms.
According to BroadbandTVNews, this Internet service was being
run by two UK nationals with an unauthorised subscription services relaying 100
international channels, some of them featuring Premier League matches. It was
selling subscriptions to many of the foreign nationals who lived in the area.
The action was taken in-conjunction with the Premier League
and security protection business Irdeto.
At the time of the raid, five of the company’s 10 employees were
present, including the system administrator who was in was in charge of the
operation of the servers used to provide illegal access to the channels, an IT
technician in charge of preparing the illicit devices and three sales managers.
Premier League Director of Legal Services, Kevin Plumb,
said: “The raids conducted by the Spanish authorities, supported in this case
by Irdeto’s expertise, are a positive example of law enforcement taking
seriously piracy and IP infringement. This approach is essential for
organisations like the Premier League – and other creative industries – as our
model is predicated on the ability to market and sell rights and protect
intellectual property. It is because of this that clubs can invest in star
players and managers, and world class stadiums – the very things fans enjoy
about our competition.”
During the raid it emerged that a security system was able
to alert the owners of the business in the UK, who attempted to destroy
evidence linking them with the operation.
“We are grateful to the Spanish Police for their support and
decisive action against IPTV piracy,” said Mark Mulready, Senior Director,
Cyber Services & Investigations at Irdeto. “We will continue to work
closely with our customers, partners and law enforcement agencies to detect,
analyze, investigate and counter all types of piracy affecting on-demand and
live real-time content. This is a growing problem affecting content owners,
broadcasters and operators across the world. Efforts like this are more critical
than ever and set an example that piracy will not be tolerated.”
An Irdeto investigator told the Police that he went to the
store in the shopping center where the employees showed him the device and
services available. The representative supplied as evidence the reception
device and a premium subscription purchased for €450 from the store.
Source: BroadbandTVNews
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