{"id":79190,"date":"2017-02-23T10:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T10:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=07f4d12009d591a76d22cc3128a5318c"},"modified":"2017-02-23T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-23T10:34:00","slug":"news-story-illicit-iptv-streaming-devices-call-for-views","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=79190","title":{"rendered":"News story: Illicit IPTV streaming devices: call for views"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>The use of Internet Protocol television (<abbr title=\"Internet Protocol television\">IPTV<\/abbr>) boxes to access illegal content appears to have increased in recent months.<\/p>\n<p>A range of legislation applies to both the sale and use of these devices, but broadcasters and content owners have expressed concerns. They believe that the legal framework does not provide the right tools to tackle the growing threat.<\/p>\n<p>The government is keen to understand where further action might be necessary to address this problem. The <abbr title=\"The intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr> is therefore seeking views from those with knowledge and experience in dealing with <abbr title=\"Internet Protocol television\">IPTV<\/abbr> boxes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"attachment_1974881\" class=\"attachment-inline\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/594048\/illicit-IPTV-streaming-devices-call-for-views.pdf\">Illicit <abbr title=\"Internet Protocol television\">IPTV<\/abbr> streaming devices: call for views<\/a><br \/>\n(<span class=\"type\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>, <span class=\"file-size\">386KB<\/span>, <span class=\"page-length\">16 pages<\/span>)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please support your views with evidence that is clear, verifiable and able to be peer-reviewed. The <abbr title=\"The intellectual Property Office\">IPO<\/abbr> has published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/510985\/Guide_to_evidence_for_policy.pdf\">Guide to Evidence for Policy<\/a>, setting out its approach in this area.<\/p>\n<div class=\"call-to-action\">\n<p>Please send your views to the following email address: <a href=\"mailto:enforcement@ipo.gov.uk\">enforcement@ipo.gov.uk<\/a><br \/> by 7 April 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IPO calls for views on whether there is any need for legislative change to deal with the issue of illicit IPTV streaming devices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79190"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79190"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79226,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79190\/revisions\/79226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}