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Irish studios unite to take action against piracy

Six Irish studios have united in order to take action against piracy.

The studios secured a high Court injunction directing internet service providers to block websites providing the illegal downloading of films and TV shows to the Irish public.

The six studios involved are Twentieth Century Fox, Warner Bros Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Disney Enterprises, Universal Studios, Sony Pictures Television and Columbia Pictures.

Even though there are legitimate streaming sites like Netflix, Sky, and Volta.ie, one in five Irish adults have accessed copyrighted material from an illegal source in the past year.

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Andrew Lowe, of Element Pictures, the Dublin based studio behind hits including Room, and The Lobster, The Guard and Frank, supported the legal action.

He said, “These websites, which act as illegal middlemen, steal with one hand and give freely with the other and ultimately drive a wedge between creators and their audience.

“This is not a victimless crime.  Allowing piracy to continue unchecked will inevitably lead to a sustained drop in the quality of available content created here, damage the Irish economy and result in the loss of more Irish jobs.”

The studios have secured the injunction against three websites – movie4k.to, primewire.ag and onwatchseries.to

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