CASBAA told Hong Kong’s government that the SAR’s “broadcasting hub” economy has a very large stake in stemming the growth of online piracy. Steps proposed in a government-proposed Code of Practice for Online Service Providers will not substantially improve the situation, the Association said. By proposing to treat P2P streaming of pirate broadcasts only as a minor item to be handled in a “notice-and-notice” system without any real disincentives, the Hong Kong authorities are shooting the SAR’s creative industries in the foot. Meanwhile, “other governments…have begun implementing systems designed to offer effective deterrence to distribution and consumption of such pirate streams,” said CASBAA.
Read the full letter to Hong Kong’s Commerce and Economic Development Bureau here.