(MENAFN) Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE), an anti-piracy coalition, has collaborated with Egyptian authorities and media companies MBC Group and OSN to shut down the online piracy network Shahed4U. It was the largest takedown in the MENA region for ACE, with this being the third such network to be closed down in recent times. It marks the global expansion of ACE and its partnership with law enforcement and local industry in combating piracy around the world.
Shahed4U was located in Alexandria and Cairo in Egypt, with over 118 domains and attracting 155 million visits per month. It provided access to 68,000 pirated TV series and 18,700 films. More than 25% of the traffic came from Egypt, with the rest coming from Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Jordan.
The CEO of OSN, Joe Kawkabani, believes that shutting down the sites is a significant step towards safeguarding rights in the media industry and promoting a creative ecosystem in the region and globally. Charles Rivkin, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association and Chairman of ACE, added that building local and regional connections and increasing ACE's global reach is fundamental to achieving the coalition's objective of eradicating illegal content distribution and protecting the legal marketplace for content creators.
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