AEPOC… The Piracy Fight Continues Full-Fledged

[SatBroadcasting(tm)]AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and Services, has announced first details of a new action plan to build a broader anti-piracy stance for the Association.

Part of this initiative are standing committees to specifically help AEPOC members in the fight against audio-visual piracy, with emphasis on extending AEPOC’s intelligence capacities and efforts in view of the European regulatory environment. The development of the new action plan was spearheaded by AEPOC President Philippe-Olivier Rousseau and the Vice Presidents Christine Maury-Panis (Viaccess) and Michael Barley (BSkyB) during 2010 — and formerly adopted at the Ordinary General Assembly and Board of Directors meetings held on September 14 in Amsterdam. During the meetings, kindly hosted by AEPOC member Irdeto, the President, the Vice Presidents, as well as the Board of Directors were confirmed in office until 2013 by the vote of the Association.

Framework of the new action plan are four work groups established as standing committees for the areas of ‘Intelligence’, ‘Regulatory & Lobbying’, ‘Membership, Marketing & PR’ and ‘Finance’, all reporting to the Board of Directors. The next AEPOC Ordinary General Assembly and Board of Directors meetings have been scheduled to take place at the beginning of December 2010.