ACE, which is dedicated to protecting the active legal ecosystem of cinema and platform broadcasting and combating digital piracy, announced the shutdown of Seko IPTV. Within the scope of the fight against piracy, this result is the first of its kind in Turkey.
Seko IPTV used to offer copyrighted content illegally to the end user with a monthly or annual subscription by enabling the use of similar platforms (such as dealerships) in customer status.
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ACE shut down Seko IPTV
Continuing its activities since 2016, Seko has negatively affected all ACE members with its wide range of content violating copyrights such as international channels, multilingual movies and TV series.
Stating that Seko is the source of many illegal international digital content providers in Turkey, MPA (Motion Picture Association – Cinema Association) Vice President and Global Content Protection Director Jan Van Voorn said, “After this success we have achieved as ACE, we will continue our work in the region and continue to fight to protect the legal copyrights of our members.” said.
After the operator named Seko IPTV was found to be carrying out pirate broadcasting activities in Istanbul, ACE took action and closed all related services by cooperating with the operator.
Currently, all domain names associated with Seko TV have been transferred to ACE and these addresses are included in the “Y” of the ACE website.watch as primeRedirected to “.
Copyright infringement and pirated digital broadcasts not only harm the domestic and foreign cinema industry and its operators, but also hinder creativity. It also threatens the future of all industry employees who contributed to the production.
In addition, the financial losses suffered by ACE members both slow down new investments and cause governments to lose taxes.