Former BPI executive joins Wiggin’s online rights service.
Helen Saunders has joined Incopro, the online rights protection business backed by Wiggin Llp.
Saunders will provide support on product design and enhancement, business development and sales.
She previously worked at the BPI (the trade body representing the UK recorded music industry) as head of internet investigations. Most recently, she worked for a cyber-threat intelligence start-up.
Launched in March 2012 by Simon Baggs of Wiggin and Bret Boivin, formerly of Warner Bros. and NBC Universal, respectively, Incopro provides online IP infringement services to rights owners across the film, TV, publishing, sport, music, gambling, fashion and luxury goods industries.
She joins recent appointment Ted Shapiro, formerly head of legal at the Mpa, at the start of the year.
Baggs commented: “As Incopro grows it is important that we work with the best people in the industry, and that’s why we’ve appointed Helen. She has a wealth...
Helen Saunders has joined Incopro, the online rights protection business backed by Wiggin Llp.
Saunders will provide support on product design and enhancement, business development and sales.
She previously worked at the BPI (the trade body representing the UK recorded music industry) as head of internet investigations. Most recently, she worked for a cyber-threat intelligence start-up.
Launched in March 2012 by Simon Baggs of Wiggin and Bret Boivin, formerly of Warner Bros. and NBC Universal, respectively, Incopro provides online IP infringement services to rights owners across the film, TV, publishing, sport, music, gambling, fashion and luxury goods industries.
She joins recent appointment Ted Shapiro, formerly head of legal at the Mpa, at the start of the year.
Baggs commented: “As Incopro grows it is important that we work with the best people in the industry, and that’s why we’ve appointed Helen. She has a wealth...
- 8/6/2013
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Remember the first time you used Napster?
During its brief, digital lifespan, it felt like magic.
You could type in the name of any musical artist in the history of the world and Napster would produce dozens, if not hundreds, of song titles. Click any of them, and within minutes you could listen to the song. When Napster first launched, in the days when CDs and radio still dominated the music scene, this alone was a revelation. But what made it even better, what made it ubiquitous, was that it was free — which also meant that it wouldn't last long.
The music industry marshaled its lawyers and crushed Napster, effectively putting it out of business for buccaneers infringing on its copyrights. Kazaa, Grokster, LimeWire and countless others followed in Napster’s footprints: meteoric rises coupled with throngs of avid users, then rapid downfalls at the hands of established competitors and the courts.
During its brief, digital lifespan, it felt like magic.
You could type in the name of any musical artist in the history of the world and Napster would produce dozens, if not hundreds, of song titles. Click any of them, and within minutes you could listen to the song. When Napster first launched, in the days when CDs and radio still dominated the music scene, this alone was a revelation. But what made it even better, what made it ubiquitous, was that it was free — which also meant that it wouldn't last long.
The music industry marshaled its lawyers and crushed Napster, effectively putting it out of business for buccaneers infringing on its copyrights. Kazaa, Grokster, LimeWire and countless others followed in Napster’s footprints: meteoric rises coupled with throngs of avid users, then rapid downfalls at the hands of established competitors and the courts.
- 7/17/2012
- by Joe Satran
- Huffington Post
Newzbin Ltd., owners of Newzbin.com the usenet indexing service, has been held liable for copyright infringement by the High Court of Justice in London today. Although the precise terms of the Court order will be announced later this week, the judgment is clear that the Court will order Newzbin to stop giving users access, via their Nzb indexing system, to films and television programmes that belong to the member companies of the Motion Picture Association.
In the ruling issued today, the court found that the UK-based company engages in copyright infringement even though the protected content does not reside directly on its website. Rather, Newzbin provides links (Nzb’s) to files hosted on usenet. However unlike many usenet indexing services, Newzbin charges a monthly fee for subscribers to use its services and has therefore built a substantial business based on copyright infringement. Says Ted Shapiro, the Motion Picture Association...
In the ruling issued today, the court found that the UK-based company engages in copyright infringement even though the protected content does not reside directly on its website. Rather, Newzbin provides links (Nzb’s) to files hosted on usenet. However unlike many usenet indexing services, Newzbin charges a monthly fee for subscribers to use its services and has therefore built a substantial business based on copyright infringement. Says Ted Shapiro, the Motion Picture Association...
- 3/29/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
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