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    New Data Protection Bill to augment efficient usage of data by industry: Centre

    • 20.09.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    Speaking at the CII 'International Technology Summit 2022,' Dr Rajendra Kumar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), noted that the government has put in place a proactive approach to deal with emerging technologies and subsequent threat levels.

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    Indonesia parliament passes long-awaited data protection bill

    • 20.09.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    The bill's passage comes after a series of data leaks and probes into alleged breaches at government firms and institutions in Indonesia, from a state insurer, telecoms company and public utility to a contact-tracing COVID-19 app that revealed President Joko Widodo's vaccine records.

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    Piracy Advertising Researchers Fall Victim to Ransomware Attacks

    • 19.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    New research shared by the entertainment industry-backed Digital Citizens Alliance finds that 12% of all ads on pirate streaming sites are linked to malware. The problem is so bad that the researchers fell prey to multiple ransomware attacks. Intriguingly, the findings also suggest that pirate sites are 'safer' than before, although that greatly depends on which studies you look at.

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    Piracy Crisis Averted? AT&T, Verizon & Comcast Lawsuits Dismissed

    • 19.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    Three almost identical copyright infringement lawsuits filed against AT&T, Verizon and Comcast this month accused the ISPs of allowing subscribers to pirate movies online, despite being aware of their infringing activities. If successful, the lawsuits could've had serious financial consequences for the companies. But as quickly as they arrived, all three lawsuits have now been dismissed.

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    We are number one in both linear TV and digital in India: Disney’s Rebecca Campbell

    • 19.09.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    For the Walt Disney Company, the world's largest entertainment conglomerate, India is one of the markets where it enjoys a leadership position across linear TV and OTT space.

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    Unsealed Court Records Unveil Columbia Pictures’ ‘Timeless’ Anti-Piracy Secrets

    • 19.09.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    In the wake of the Hotfile lawsuit, the Motion Picture Association asked the court to keep some anti-piracy information forever out of the public eye. That was too long for Judge Williams who, after a slight delay, unsealed the contested documents last week. Among other things, the information reveals that for infringing video content to be flagged, it must exceed a certain duration.

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    5G first wave to ride on higher data traffic capacity, top-end subscribers

    • 19.09.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    India’s top telcos will have a greater opportunity to acquire 5G users initially in Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Bengaluru – which collectively account for 35% of 5G-capable smartphones already in circulation in the country, they added.

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    Bombay HC dismisses plea of broadcasters on jurisdictional grounds

    • 19.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    The matter pertains to the three media companies—Asianet, Star India and Disney, that approached the Bombay High Court against a 28 February order of the CCI that ordered an investigation under section 26(1) of the Competition Act 2002 by the Director General

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    Hindi cinema could yet recover from long covid

    • 16.09.2022
    • LiveMint

    The success of an Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Kapoor starrer suggests that news of its death was vastly exaggerated. But its broad appeal remains weak and it still needs to regain its form

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    5G service to be rolled out in Odisha in first phase: Vaishnaw

    • 16.09.2022
    • Telecom.com/EconomicTimes

    High-speed 5G services will be rolled out in many parts of the country, including Odisha, very soon,Communications and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.

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