Pirating music and movies on emerging smartphone - Le Figaro

Hadopi publishes a comprehensive overview of the illicit practices of downloading and streaming.

Over time, the French have become real experts in piracy. A study released Friday by the Hadopi shows that hackers know many techniques to listen to music or watch videos for free and illegally, and they are able to change to continue to get what they want.

practices in vogue, especially among younger concerning smartphones. Among the French who pirate, 17% have used an application to view or listen to a cultural property illegally, with two-thirds less than a year. It can be downloaded files on a computer and transferred to the phone, but not only. AnyPlay software like iPhone allow you to listen to music without paying illegally hosted on the Internet. For movies, the application of Russian social network VK gives access to a large catalog of feature films directly from a smartphone. There are also sites streaming movies and series specially designed for a consultation on mobile, which Streaming4iPhone, cited by Hadopi.

study of the High Authority confirms that piracy is multifaceted and practices are evolving rapidly. “The illicit people is no longer mono-technique is a complete ecosystem, which is used to make illegal. It is also a moving people looking all year for the most recent content and free in profusion, “says Eric Walter, Secretary General of the institution. These French pirate who can both use mobile applications, software, peer-to-peer streaming sites, downloading from forums or exchange DVDs, hard drives and USB keys. For this, they know how to be technophiles. 17% of pirates have already gone through a VPN, a private network, which requires to change its Internet configuration

This study argues Hadopi, hollow, for a broad response to piracy, which is not confined to the massive warning users to network peer-to-peer sending. It is published in the wake of a decision of the Tribunal de Grande Instance of Paris, which ordered the ISPs to block French Internet sixteen streaming sites, including the popular DPStream, which attracts over 2 million unique visitors per months. In January, the President of the Commission for the Protection of Human Hadopi, Mireille Imbert-Quaretta, will present the findings of the mission entrusted to him by the Minister Aurélie Filippetti on commercial counterfeiting.

Hadopi, the best response to piracy will come no matter what the quality of the legal provision. The High Authority, which also has the mandate to promote the development of these practices present in two weeks a “recast its approach to legal tender.” It considers to be gone after what she could offer, because of inadequate resources.

government again reduced the budget of the High Authority for the year 2014. He wants to transfer next year assignments Hadopi the Higher Audiovisual Council, in accordance with the recommendations of the mission of Pierre Lescure on Act II of the cultural exception. The High Authority emphasizes the experience of three years in office. It believes that its agents are better able to continue this fight against piracy. “We have this skill and may be transferable if necessary,” says Eric Walter.