Simultaneous raids are carried out in bangkok, Surin Province and Surat Thani.
BANGKOK , February 17, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The Economic Crimes Department (ECD) of the Royal Thai Police, with the support of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), has raided four locations in bangkok, Surin Province and Surat Thani. Four Thai nationals have been detained and are expected to be formally charged with copyright offenses in the coming days.
Siambit.me was the largest torrent tracking site in the world. Thailand with an average monthly visits of 5.5 million and which provided access to a wide range of hollywood, International and Thai content. The site has been in operation since 2005 and is known to periodically change its domain to avoid detection. According to statements from the Royal Thai Police, Siambit.me had more than 100,000 VIP members and the operators were earning an estimated 1.5 million baht (USD 41,000) on a monthly basis.
"We congratulate the ECD for its continued collaboration with ACE and for taking enforcement action against this large torrent site," said Jan van Voorn, executive vice president and head of global content protection at the Motion Picture Association and director of ACE. "Illicit torrent sites put consumers around the world at risk of unintentionally downloading malware such as spyware, remote access trojans and even ransomware. ECD's action helps protect the livelihoods of Thai and international creators and distributors, and helps protect consumers from such malware."
Suebsiri Taweepon, President of the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand (IPAT), said: "We would like to commend the professionalism of the ECD and ACE in removing this large torrent tracking site. Piracy sites like Siambit undermine local and international investment in our country's content sector and reduce contributions taxes to the government and stifle creativity.
About the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment
The Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is the world's leading coalition dedicated to protecting the dynamic legal market and reducing digital piracy. Driven by a comprehensive approach to addressing piracy through criminal referrals, civil litigation, and cease and desist operations, ACE has achieved many successful global enforcement actions against illegal streaming services and unauthorized content sources and their operators. Leveraging the collective expertise and resources of more than 50 media and entertainment companies around the world and bolstered by the Motion Picture Association's content protection operations, ACE protects the creativity and innovation that drives global growth in major industries. of copyright and entertainment. Current ACE board members include Amazon, Apple TV+, NBCUniversal, Netflix Studios LLC, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Paramount, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures and Warner Bros. Charles Rivkin is president and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and president of ACE. . For more information please visit www.alliance4creativity.com.
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