Golden sheets for fighting piracy granted

On Thursday, the anti -piracy coalition honored a policewoman and policemen from police units in Chrzanów, Łódź and Nowy Targ. The award is awarded to officers for merits in combating internet piracy. Deputy Minister of Culture and National Heritage Maciej Wróbel participated in the ceremony organized at the Police Headquarters in Warsaw.

“Golden sheets” are awarded by an anti-pirate coalition, which includes manufacturers of audio-video equipment, phonographic and television broadcasters. The awards are intended for police units for merit in combating intellectual property piracy.

The deputy minister participated in the awarding of awards to the awards at the Ministry of Culture Maciej Wróbel, deputy commander of the Police Nadinsp. Tomasz Michułka, as well as a representative of the anti -pirac coalition and president of the SIGNAL SIGNAL Association, Teresa Wierzbowska

– Until recently, piracy consisted mainly of illegal production of media in the country or their washing from abroad and illegal distribution. Today, piracy has moved to the Internet and is one of the most difficult to combat the types of crime that law enforcement authorities are struggling with. It is often very well organized crime, hierarchical and closed structure, often also of an international nature. Crime, which generates huge losses for the Treasury and deprives the revenues of entitled to intellectual property rights – said the deputy minister.

Awarded officers

This year, the anti -piracy coalition distinguished officers from three units. Policemen and policemen from the Department for the Fight of Economic Crime of the Poviat Police Headquarters in Chrzanów, the Criminal Department of the VII Police Station of the Municipal Police Headquarters in Łódź and the Department for the Fighting Corruption and Economic Crime of the Poviat Police Headquarters in Nowy Targ was awarded “golden sheet metal” for activities related to the disclosure of illegal sharing networks. Sharing is an illegal process of sending a television signal of paid digital platforms.

“After a thread to a ball”

The awarding of officers was attended by, among others Representative of the anti -pirac coalition and president of the SIGNAL SIGNAL Association. Teresa Wierzbowska. She pointed out that the awarded matters had a complex character. – It is a bit like officers start working, it's like a thread to a ball. It turns out that there is another location, that there are several perpetrators who work together, and that these crimes often lead to other types of violations. (…) This, moreover, confirms our data, which we have, which show that crime and at all pirate activities on the Internet very often involves a number of other violations and threats to users – she said.

She emphasized that the work of policemen in combating piracy consists not only in protecting content, but also digital media users. In her opinion, consumers who visit pirate websites in Poland are “much more than in other European countries” exposed to malware, data theft and extortion.