How Technology Can Curb Online Piracy – Film Curator

Film curator, Don Pedro Aganbi has stated that online piracy so tin beryllium curbed with technology.

Piracy has continued to persist successful Nollywood for respective reasons contempt the emergence of streaming platforms similar Netflix, Prime Video, and section players similar IROKOtv.

Aganbi successful an interrogation with scoops noted that definite tools similar AI and different tech-induced strategies tin assistance to cheque piracy which is connected the increasing.

“Technology tin play a captious relation successful combating piracy successful Nigeria. Tools similar integer watermarking, contented fingerprinting, and blockchain-based copyright tracking tin assistance contented creators show wherever and however their works are being distributed. Artificial quality tin besides observe and emblem pirated copies crossed societal media, websites, and file-sharing platforms successful existent time.

“Moreover, section telecoms and ISPs tin collaborate to artifact entree to piracy sites oregon throttle amerciable downloads. However, for these solutions to beryllium effective, they indispensable beryllium supported by a beardown ineligible model and enforcement mechanics successful areas wherever Nigeria inactive lags behind. Technology unsocial won’t lick the occupation without argumentation betterment and public-private collaboration,” helium stated.

The movie curator stated that though piracy cannot beryllium wholly eradicated successful Nigeria and globally but it tin beryllium importantly reduced and amended managed.

He noted that this would necessitate a multi-pronged attack similar “improving entree to affordable ineligible content, expanding nationalist consciousness astir the implications of piracy, strengthening enforcement, and leveraging modern exertion for detection and prevention.

“For Nigeria, occurrence besides depends connected investing successful infrastructure and fostering a integer system wherever contented creators tin thrive without fearing exploitation. Ultimately, piracy whitethorn ne'er afloat disappear, but its standard and interaction tin beryllium minimised done coordinated nationalist effort spearheaded by the Nigerian Copyright Commission.”

Giving reasons wherefore piracy is connected the rise, Don Pedro Aganbi noted that net accessibility remains uneven crossed the country, with galore Nigerians lacking unchangeable oregon affordable broadband.

This, helium stated limits the scope of morganatic streaming platforms, particularly successful agrarian and semi-urban areas.

He besides noted that information costs are inactive precocious comparative to mean income, pushing consumers toward pirated contented that requires little bandwidth oregon is disposable offline. Also, enforcement of intelligence spot rights remains anemic and has caused movie makers not to beryllium capable to realise their returns successful investment. “Pirated DVDs and online downloads often circulate openly, with small fearfulness of ineligible consequence. Additionally, immoderate viewers are simply unaware that they are consuming pirated content, highlighting a spread successful nationalist acquisition astir contented rights.

“Streaming platforms person improved accessibility particularly for municipality and middle-class Nigerians who tin spend smartphones and data. Subscriptions similar Netflix’s mobile-only program oregon Showmax’s affordable options person made contented much reachable for immoderate users.

“However, for millions of Nigerians surviving beneath the poorness enactment oregon successful areas with mediocre connectivity, these platforms stay a luxury. So, until section economical realities are amended aligned with integer infrastructure, streaming platforms unsocial volition not destruct the request for pirated alternatives,” helium stated.