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    Move over candy bars, New York vending machine now selling NFT art

    • 02.03.2022
    • Reuters

    Digital art collecting platform Neon has launched the first in-person non-fungible token (NFT) vending machine in New York City, aiming to make online art pieces as easily available as soda or a candy bar

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    Singapore court orders blocking of illegal streaming sites

    • 02.03.2022
    • IBW News

    The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA)’s Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) has commended the Singapore High Court for granting an order to block 30 illegal streaming sites and almost 150 associated domains responsible for the distribution of considerable quantities of illegally streamed content in Singapore.

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    MIB warns private FM radio stations on vulgar content

    • 02.03.2022
    • IBW News

    The Indian government has issued a warning to private FM radio stations over vulgar content and the language used by radio jockeys that is defamatory and indecent.

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    TRAI working on creating vertical-specific start-up ecosystem: PD Vaghela

    • 02.03.2022
    • exchange4media

    The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is working closely with central ministries to create a vertical-specific start-up ecosystem, chairman PD Vaghela said while speaking at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2022. He also spoke about the need to provide affordable internet connectivity to unskilled workers.

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    Anushka plans women-centric OTT platform

    • 02.03.2022
    • LiveMint

    Clean Slate Filmz said its founders are investing in developing the OTT platform and the plan is to work with institutional and individual investors who believe in the vision.

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    Decoding digital media and OTT content regulations

    • 02.03.2022
    • LiveMint

    Digital media has blended content and technology effectively and has largely been unregulated with people being given complete creative freedom. The Indian audience has welcomed this wave. This consumption of content has also led to a growth in the number of over-the-top (OTT) platforms launched in India.

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    The changing paradigm of internet intermediary liability

    • 02.03.2022
    • LiveMint

    While growth in internet penetration in India has led to an upsurge in the number of social media users, it also poses risk of unlawful activities, such as the spread of misinformation, hate speech, and cyberthreats, and intermediaries are no longer neutral pipelines for correct information and data.

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    UK-Based CDN Company Datacamp Sued For Hosting Pirate IPTV Services

    • 01.03.2022
    • TorrentFreak

    UK-based CDN company DataCamp is being targeted in a $32.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit filed in the US by DISH Network. According to the broadcaster, DataCamp's CDN service is used by a large number of pirate IPTV providers that the company failed to disconnect under a reasonable repeat infringer policy.

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    Mumbai Film Festival Considers Physical Screenings After Filmmakers’ Appeal to Priyanka Chopra Jonas

    • 01.03.2022
    • Varitey

    Filmmakers have a glimmer of hope after the Mumbai Film Festival said it would consider physical screenings, but did not make any promises.

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    TikTok Bumps Up Max Video Length to 10 Minutes

    • 01.03.2022
    • Variety

    TikTok is again cranking up the maximum length of videos users can upload to the platform — more than tripling it, to 10 minutes.

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