Filipino creatives lose $700 million to video piracy in 2022: IPOPHL

Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="IPOPHL Director General Rowel Barba during the launch of the National Intellectual Property Month. Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/business/04/03/04032023-director-general-rowel-barba.jpg"/><figcaption>IPOPHL Director General Rowel Barba during the launch of the National Intellectual Property Month. <em>Warren De Guzman, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - Around $700 million (P38.2 billion) was lost to video piracy in 2022, according to the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). </p><p>Pirated content included Filipino-made movies, TV shows and other video materials, IPOPHL said.</p><p>IPOPHL Director General Rowel S. Barba said the total could balloon to $1 billion by 2025. The fight against piracy remains a challenge, Barba added.</p><p>“In-involve na rin natin ang BIR para matignan din nila, to see how they can collect taxes on counterfeiting and piracy, kung ma-identify,&quot; Barba said. </p><p>“Hanggat siguro nandyan yung internet, hindi mawawala. Nandyan talaga yung pag pirata. Ang affected talaga dito would be yung creatives,&quot; he said.</p><p>IPOPHL said it is working with foreign counterparts to crack down on video piracy since it is considered as a &quot;trans-border&quot; crime.</p><p>Until the pending &quot;Internet Transactions Bill&quot; is passed into law, the public is encouraged to avoid illegal streaming and counterfeits, and to instead support legal businesses, Barba said. </p><p>In 2022 total intellectual property applications hit a new record high of 48,259, up 3.7 percent year-on-year. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/11/16/21/abs-cbn-awarded-21-million-in-lawsuit-vs-21-websites">ABS-CBN awarded $21 million in lawsuit vs 21 websites illegally streaming content</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/07/21/copyright-pandemic-creative-economy-ipophl">Copyright laws crucial for pandemic-hit &#x27;creative economy&#x27;: IPOPHL</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/06/07/22/ctto-violates-intellectual-property-laws-regulator">‘CTTO, photo not mine’ violate intellectual property laws: IPOPHL</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2045836" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A total of $700 million (P38.2 billion) to video piracy in 2022, according to the data from the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL). 

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Filipino creatives lose $700 million to video piracy in 2022: IPOPHL

Filipino creatives lose $700 million to video piracy in 2022: IPOPHL

Warren De Guzman,

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Published Apr 03, 2023 02:11 PM PHT

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