Anti piracy

"A 10% drop in piracy would create 40,000 new jobs and add £6 billion to UK GDP."
BSA/IDC piracy report 2004

One of the biggest challenges for software, music and film producers today is how to stop the negative drain on their revenue streams due to illegal copying. The problem in the gaming industry is particularly acute; observers estimate that 20 per cent of games revenue is lost to piracy each year. Across the board, the figure runs into tens of billions of pounds.

Up until recently a part counter to pirates has been the implementation of copy protection on products. However with this technology becoming increasingly expensive, and the problem getting worse not better, copyright holders are turning to investigation and enforcement methods to provide a countermeasure and deterrent to piracy.

Enter Memex, the market leader in the delivery of intelligence management solutions which enable customers to efficiently predict, prevent and respond to threats in real-time.

Memex has implemented its intelligence management solutions in anti-piracy operations, with dramatic results, helping organisations to build cases against perpetrators, and predict threats before they happen.

Intelligence investigations to combat and deter piracy are typically cross border and cross-organisation collaborations, and Memex technology is ideally suited to these kinds of collaborations because of its scalability, flexibility, and advanced search capabilities. With Memex’s federated search investigators and analysts can search across Memex and non-Memex data sources simultaneously, returning the results in a single report. Further Memex can integrate seamlessly with all your existing operational systems.

As well as speeding up anti-piracy enforcement, Memex makes the gathering of information from the internet, a large information base in this arena, fast and practical. It empowers users to identify trends and links in real time. Memex also appreciates that this industry has different legal compliance issues than other sectors and has worked closely with clients to implement necessary legislative notices and warnings.

Memex also provides intelligence management systems for criminal intelligence, national security, brand protection and anti fraud.