AEPOC, the European Association for the Protection of Encrypted Works and services, has extended its focus to Central and Eastern Europe (CEE).
Its committed has been underlined at a meeting of the association’s board of directors in Prague.
At the meeting, it was revealed that while the transition from analogue to digital broadcasting in the Czech Republic was significantly reducing piracy, it still remains a major problem.
AEPOC’s calls for a high level of cooperation amongst all stakeholders to reduce the levels of piracy was echoed at another meeting in Prague at the same time, organised by the country’s Ministry of Culture.

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