The government has announced that Russian companies have no obligation to pay patent holders for the use of intellectual property, paving the way for legalized piracy in the country. Over the week, the NBI Cybercrime Division has made three separate arrests on suspected individuals for online piracy in Davao, Naga and Roxas City. ABS-CBN claims they lose millions of pesos in potential revenues, perhaps due to the thousands of OFWs abroad who do not subscribe to TFC and watch the movies and teleseryes for free online from these sites. Read more in our articles including "Russia set to legalize online piracy" and "NBI arrests 3 suspects of TV series, movie pirates".
The government has announced that Russian companies have no obligation to pay patent holders for the use of intellectual property, paving the way for legalized piracy in the country. Over the week, the NBI Cybercrime Division has made three separate arrests on suspected individuals for online piracy in Davao, Naga and Roxas City.
ABS-CBN claims they lose millions of pesos in potential revenues, perhaps due to the thousands of OFWs abroad who do not subscribe to TFC and watch the movies and teleseryes for free online from these sites.
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