The European Union unveiled its new "Counterfeiting and Piracy Watchlist”, mentioning websites and physical markets outside the bloc. The published report On Monday (14.12.2020), the European Commission warned that these activities undermine the intellectual property rights of EU companies and creators, harm businesses as well as jobs, and threaten the health and safety of consumers.
The initiative aims to The aim is to encourage operators of these markets and the intermediaries that provide them with services, as well as local enforcement authorities and governments, to take measures to stop or prevent intellectual property infringements.l.
In addition, there is the need to Raise awareness among citizens about the environment, product safety and other risks when purchasing in these potentially problematic markets.
According to the report, the European Union Intellectual Property Office, the European Anti-Fraud Office and Europol have contributed to the preparation of the Watch List.
The mentioned list has four focus areas: websites offering copyrighted content, e-commerce platforms, online pharmacies and physical marketplaces.
The list reports on contributions received during a public consultation (from 19 February to 1 June), in which the European Commission invited all interested parties to share their views. More than 70 responses were received, mostly from brand owners, copyright holders, associations and federations representing right holders and associations fighting against intellectual property infringements.
E-commerce, social media platforms, Internet infrastructure service providers and associations of providers of technological products and services also contributed to the public consultation.
According to the European Union Intellectual Property Office and the OECD, The trade in counterfeit and pirated goods is worth around 460.000 billion euros annually worldwide.
The European Union is particularly affected, with counterfeit and pirated products accounting for around 6,8% of all imports or up to 121.000 billion euros per year, the report concludes.
Online service providers or facilitators of access to content that is protected by trademark rights
Cyberlockers: Online save sites
- uptobox.com
- rapidgator.net
- uploaded.net (ul.to, uploaded.to)
- 4shared.com
- Wi.to and Ddl.to
- dbree.org
Stream-Ripper: Sites that allow you to download content from other sites (e.g. YouTube) and convert it into any format (mp3, mp4)
- y2mate.com und youtubeconverter.io
- Savefrom.net
- lvto.biz and 2conv.com
- Rlsbb.ru
Linking or referring websites: Websites that index or are like guides that tell you other sites to download copyrighted material
- Fullhdfilmizlesene – Fullhdfilmizlesene.com or .org
- Seasonvar.ru
- Swatchseries.to
- Rezka.ag
Peer-to-peer and BitTorrent indexing websites: Sites that index and connect PCs of different people who share files and can download content
- The Pirate Bay – ThePirateBay.org
- Rarbg.to
- Rutracker.org
- 1337x.to
Unlicensed download pages: Sites that index and connect PCs of different people who share files and can download content
- Music-Bazaar.com and Music-Bazaar.mobi
- Sci-hub.tw; sci-hub.cc; sci-hub.ac; sci-hub.bz; sci-hub.ren; sci-hub-im; scihub.shop
- Libgen.is and Mirrors
Piracy-Apps: sites with applications that provide their users with access to pirated movies.
- popcorn Time
Hosting providers: pwebsite hosting providers
- Private Layer
Unlicensed IPTV services: unlicensed IP TV services
- King365tv.com
- VolkaIPTV.com
- Electrotv-sat.com
Social Media
- VK.com
- Telegram
Physical markets
- Argentina: La Salada, Buenos Aires
- Brazil: Rua 25 de Março, San Paulo
- Canada: Pacific Mall, Markham
- China: Huaqiangbei Electronics Markets, Shenzhen (Yuan Wang Market, Manhar Digital Plaza, Longsheng Market and Mingtong Market)
- China: Asia Pacific Xingyang Fashionand Gifts Plaza, Asia Pacific Shenghui Leisure and Shopping Plaza, Shanghai
- China: Anfu Market and its surroundings, Putian
- China: Mule Town in Guangxi Province
- China: Silk Market, Beijing
- Colombia: Colombia San Andresitos, Bogota
- India: Karol Bagh Market, Tank Road Market and Gaffar Market, Delhi
- Indonesia: Mangga Dua Market, Jakarta
- Indonesia: Tanah Abang, Jakarta
- Malaysia: Petaling Street Market, Kuala Lumpur
- Mexico: El Tepito, Mexico City
- Mexico: San Juan de Dios Market, Guadalajara
- Morocco: Souk Korea, Casablanca
- Russia: Gorbushkin Dvor Mall, Moscow
- Thailand: MKB Center, Bangkok
- Ukraine 7th km Market, Odessa
- United Arab Emirates: Ajman China Mall
- United Arab Emirates: Dragon Mart
- United Arab Emirates: Jebel Ali Free Zone
- Vietnam: Saigon Square Plaza, Ho Chi Minh City
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