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Singapore, Mar 23, 2022 - (ACN Newswire) - The Coalition Against Piracy's (CAP's) most recent YouGov consumer surveys show that while piracy continues to be a major concern around the Asia Pacific region, particularly in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines where 61% of consumers admit to accessing pirate services in each country, site blocking, and in particular government regulatory blocking, is having a noticeable effect in stopping consumers accessing pirated content online.

Countries around the region that implement site-blocking showed a change in consumer behaviour to stop accessing piracy services due to sites being blocked and the change was most notable in those countries that used regulatory blocking. In Indonesia, more than 50% of consumers say that they have stopped or rarely access pirate services as a result of blocking, as do nearly 50% of consumers in Vietnam and 45% in Malaysia.

Encouragingly, the surveys show that regular site-blocking not only stops consumers accessing pirated content online, but also drives them towards legitimate sources, with more than 48% of consumers around the region stating they would subscribe to paid online services if the content they wanted to watch was not available via a pirate source.

Matthew Cheetham, General Manager of CAP, noted, "It is now clearly evident that site blocking, particularly regulatory blocking, is effective. The benefits are multi-fold, not only are consumers being directed towards legitimate content, but in being blocked from accessing pirate sites, they are also protected from the serious risks that previous CAP studies have proven are inherent in accessing pirate sites." The surveys also illustrated the growing migration of consumption of pirate content via social media and messaging platforms. "However, the surveys also show the benefits of consumer education with a growing awareness amongst consumers of the negative consequences of piracy, most particularly via illicit profiteering and malware," added Cheetham.

For the first time, CAP's YouGov consumer surveys were undertaken across several countries simultaneously. The surveys will be repeated across the same countries annually, and in doing so, will enable longitudinal analysis of consumer behavioural trends towards piracy and enforcement measures around the region.

About the Asia Video Industry Association

The Asia Video Industry Association (AVIA) is the trade association for the video industry and ecosystem in Asia Pacific. It serves to make the video industry stronger and healthier through promoting the common interests of its members. AVIA is the interlocutor for the industry with governments across the region, leads the fight against video piracy through its Coalition Against Piracy (CAP) and provides insight into the video industry through reports and conferences aimed to support a vibrant video industry.

For media enquiries and additional background please contact:

Charmaine Kwan
Head of Marketing and Communications
Email: charmaine@avia.org
Website: www.avia.org
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/asiavideoia
Twitter: @AsiaVideoIA

Copyright 2022 ACN Newswire. All rights reserved. www.acnnewswire.comThe Coalition Against Piracy's (CAP's) most recent YouGov consumer surveys show that while piracy continues to be a major concern around the Asia Pacific region, particularly in Vietnam, Malaysia and the Philippines where 61% of consumers admit to accessing pirate services in each country, site blocking, and in particular government regulatory blocking, is having a noticeable effect in stopping consumers accessing pirated content online.

Infamous Russian torrent site RuTracker is one of many pirate sites that are permanently blocked by the Russian authorities for failing to remove copyrighted content. However, when the site suddenly became accessible again this month, RuTracker took its own measures to block Russian users.

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The MPA has teamed up with Google to remove pirate site domain names from search results in countries where these are already blocked by ISPs. No court has ordered Google to take action but the company is voluntarily complying with "no-fault" ISP injunctions. According to the MPA, this delisting of pirate sites is an effective tool in the fight against online piracy.

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Decentralized Storage Provider StorX Network has joined hands with NFT Marketplace XDSea on a partnership set to eliminate IPFS based centralized storage. Under the terms of the collaboration, it follows that XDSea will leverage StorX decentralized storage network as a store for their art, images, and documents. We are thrilled to announce the Partnership between @StorXNetwork and @XDSeaNFT.XDSea will use Storx decentralized storage network to store art, images, and documents. This will remove file storage centralized using ipfs.#StorX #SRX #partnership https://t.co/zfM7asYJaz — StorX Network (@StorXNetwork) March 3, 2022 Standing as the first-ever, and largest P2P decentralized marketplace in the world to provide an avenue for selling and buying NFTs, XDSea is built atop the XDC Network and runs on the XRC blockchain. The collaboration and expected offerings are a testament to the numerous promises made by DIMO and XinFin who hosted the official debut of the XDSea network. From being the first NFT marketplace to join the XRC blockchain, and now offering safer and more reliable storage for digital collectibles, the possibilities remain endless for XDSea. Already XDSea is reputed for its game-changing role offering very affordable gas fees in the market today thanks to its association with XinFin. Beyond that, it also offers the lowest transaction fees in the market today. By meeting users at the junction linking gas fees, transaction fees and now security, XDC is a game-changer in an extremely agile and dynamic industry. Competitive features of StorX Network’s Decentralized Cloud StorX Network has revolutionized data storage, providing a blockchain-based decentralized cloud storage solution. This solution evades tracking, censorship, blocking, or the presence of any downtime whatsoever. With these offerings, StorX leads netizens to a safer and more secure internet version where decentralization is the theme. XDSea is the first among many who are poised to leverage this future. With this partnership, XDSea intends to leverage StorX decentralized storage for the safe storage of NFTs in the range of art, images and documents; an action that will eliminate the centralization element of storing files characteristic of IPFS. IPFS is basically the hard drive of blockchain with a specific approach for data storage. IPFS stores data in such a way that when data is added to the IPFS network, the network splits it into groups of 256Kb capacities. Each group is identifiable using a specific hash and is thereafter spread across multiple nodes on the hash-linked networks. StorX is safer than IPFS While both use transport encryption, StorX offers more security thanks to its content-encryption property. While user data is safer when being sent between individual IPFS nodes, that data is accessible to anyone who wishes to download and view it provided they have the CID. StorX enhances security by providing the content-encryption property. Moreover, the XDSea will benefit from, among other privileges offered by StorX, the assurance of offering users a safer and more reliable storage network for their digital collectibles on the cloud. With this collaboration, XDSea, therefore, expects to deliver a safer and more unregulated storage experience for its esteemed user community so that they can design and develop their valuable NFTs on the open-source NFT Marketplace, XDSea. Notably, the partnership makes for a notable milestone for StorX, positioning them as the first storage provider to collaborate with XDC NFT marketplace for purposes of solving their storage needs. The mechanics hold that every file that a user uploads on StorX is split into multiple parts before encryption into several fragments and finally stored within independent storage nodes. The nodes are run by different operators located in various parts of the world. The hallmark of StorX network’s offering centers on the fact that the system is designed as a group of autonomous storage networks. This means that there is no one operator who holds total access to the data belonging to a single user. With different parts held by different operators, the amount of power or influence held by a single holder is therefore significantly reduced to an almost invaluable minimum, hence enhanced user security. #XDCNFT are coming to the #XDCNetwork. It is still early days but new artists, fans and innovators are rapidly joining the #XDC community. Buckle up, this space is about to explode! pic.twitter.com/YjvilI4Nox — PiusVirXDC (@PiusVir) March 21, 2022  

After a substantial overhaul in February, Cyberpunk 2077 has received a new update that continues to tweak several lingering issues inside of the game. While it's not as massive as the previous update, there are a significant number of improvements that have been added to the sci-fi sandbox according to the patch notes.

In the gameplay department, issues related to missing loot, broken animations, and teleporting wrecked cars have been fixed. Console-specific fixes include addressing corrupted saves being imported from PS4 to PS5, Xbox Series X|S controller disconnects will no longer result in a player being stuck, and wet roads should have an accurate amount of reflection on the PS5 version that's comparable to the PC edition of the game.

Bugs in quests such as Automatic Love, Epistrophy, and Path of Glory have also been cleaned up, and your vehicle should spawn closer to V when it's summoned. You can see the full list below of all the fixes. While Cyberpunk 2077 and its saucy Johnny Silverhand content are in a better state currently, developer CD Projekt Red is looking to the future by revisiting its past. The studio announced this week that a new Witcher game is in development and will be built using Unreal Engine 5, but it won't be exclusive to the Epic Games Store on PC.

Cyberpunk 2077 won't be making a graphical engine switch either, as CDPR will continue to use REDEngine for the game's upcoming expansion.

Cyberpunk 2077 Update 1.52 Patch Notes

Gameplay

• Fixed an issue that could cause wrecked cars or multiple Nomad cars to spawn in traffic when driving fast.
• Fixed an issue where first equip animation could be played repeatedly after recovering a throwing knife.
• The Laminate-armor Media Ballistic Vest can now be found as loot in Japantown.
• Fixed an issue where the recon grenade highlighted non-hostile crowd NPCs.
• Fixed an issue where after using the Take Control quick-hack on a device, the camera axis was inverted when zoomed in.

Quests

• Player won't be able to purchase again an apartment makeover they already own anymore.
• Added the showering interaction to the Nomad Camp.
• It won't be possible to hack the Northside apartment before completing Act 1 anymore.
• Fixed an issue where Open World combat events and some scenes could remain disabled after visiting Afterlife until the player fast traveled within Watson.
• Automatic Love - Walking into a wall in the elevator in Megabuilding H8 will no longer cause instant death.
• Blistering Love - Fixed an issue where Johnny could despawn if player left the booth before interacting with the projector, blocking progress.
• Cyberpsycho Sighting: Demons of War - Fixed an issue where it wasn't possible to progress past the "Search the area to collect information" objective.
• Epistrophy - Fixed an issue where the quest could reappear in the Journal instead of being marked as failed after player failed to retrieve any of the cabs.
• I Fought the Law - Fixed an issue where River could drive out of the market area erratically and push V out of world bounds.
• Life During Wartime - Fixed an issue where selecting a blue dialogue option twice upon arriving on the crash site blocked progression.
• Path of Glory - Optional objective "Get dressed" will no longer be incompletable if player collected the clothes before it appeared.
• The Information - Fixed an issue where the doors to Lizzie's were closed during the hours they should be open, blocking progression.
• The Ride - Fixed an issue where Dex's car was swerving left and right when driving away.
• With a Little Help from My Friends - Fixed an issue where holocalls and text messages could be blocked if player told Saul about Panam's plan while the Nomads were driving away.

Open World

• Fixed an issue where summoned vehicles could be spawned far away from the player.
• Suicidal Corpos in Corpo Plaza will no longer stand up after the fall.
• Fixed an issue where an Assault in Progress in Arroyo wasn't visible on the map, hindering progress in The Jungle achievement.
• Gig: Goodbye, Night City - Fixed an issue where the quest didn't trigger after approaching the area.
• Gig: No Fixers - Fixed an issue where the "Park Iris' car in the garage" optional objective didn't complete if player stopped in front of the garage.
• Gig: Playing for Keeps - Fixed an issue where all the enemies in the casino were set to Friendly.
• Murk Man Returns Again Once More Forever - Fixed an issue where the Rayfield Caliburn didn't spawn.

User Interface

• Added a quest tag to fixer rewards when they're first found in the stash.
• Opening menus while reading a shard will no longer block the game.
• It won't be possible to change the position of the marker when a time skip is in progress anymore.
• Fixed an issue where the loot UI could flicker and change before picking up the item.
• Fixed an issue where the English text "A Favor for a Friend" would be displayed regardless of the language version instead of the correct quest name for some tracked quests.

Visual

• Fixed animations and missing or displaced objects in various scenes.
• Fixed some issues with animation occurring when performing an aerial takedown using the Hidden Dragon perk.
• Fixed an issue where sandstorms could appear in scenes they weren't supposed to.
• Fixed an issue where foliage was not affected by different weather conditions.
• Polycarbonate Sport Sunglasses will no longer be visible when switching between Third Person Mode and First Person Mode while driving.

Console-specific

• Memory improvements and crash fixes on next-gen consoles.
• Minor UI optimizations.
• [PlayStation 5] Importing a save while not connected to the PlayStation Network will no longer block the option to continue the game.
• [PlayStation 5] Fixed an issue where a corrupted save was created when player tried to import a PlayStation 4 save when no saves were exported.
• [PlayStation] Fixed an issue where the "Press [Options Button] To Continue" screen registered pressing the button with a delay.
• [PlayStation 5] Wet roads will now be as reflective as on the PC version.
• [PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X] Changing the preset in Video settings will no longer set all the Graphics options to ON automatically.
• [Xbox One/Xbox Series X] Disconnecting the controller and entering the pause menu at the same time will no longer result in player being stuck.

Stadia-specific

• Enabled aggressive crowds on Stadia.

One of the best-known pirate streaming sites says it will go to extreme lengths to prevent its latest new domain from being seized. In a response to a lawsuit filed by a coalition of major Hollywood studios and Netflix, PrimeWire claims it will ban all links to movies and TV shows hosted on cyberlocker-type sites, preemptively filter uploads, and promote legal content.

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