
Number represents an increase of 35% over
to the monitoring of the same period in 2014
In this period, the highlight was the removal of auction sites that totaled 18,854 illegal software ads. In addition, 17,191 links to illegal copy downloads were removed. There was also an increase in the total number of websites, 91 were removed against a total of 32 in the same period in 2014, an increase of 180%.
The purpose of this action is to identify any content that violates the Computer Software Copyright Law of any software manufacturer associated with ABES. The removal process consists of notifying the portal itself and the ISPs, by means of a removal request. This operation has existed for ten years and has the support of PPPI - Program for the Protection of Intellectual Property, from Mercado Livre, which promotes the removal of illegal content that are within its portal.
ABES also offers a channel in which anyone can make an anonymous complaint about the use of pirated software in a company, the Denuncie Pirataria Portal. Recently modernized, the portal offers a better experience to users in addition to allowing a more accurate verification of the situation of each case. For more information, visit www.denuniepirataria.org.br