Disney Joins 30-Member Coalition to Fight Online Piracy

Published on 6/14/17 by Craig Smith

Image courtesy the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment

It was announced yesterday, that The Walt Disney Company has joined 29 other content creators to form the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) to fight online piracy.

The 30 members of ACE include:

Amazon
AMC Networks
BBC Worldwide
Bell Canada and Bell Media
Canal+ Group
CBS Corporation
Constantin Film
Foxtel
Grupo Globo
HBO
Hulu
Lionsgate
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
Millennium Media
NBCUniversal
Netflix
Paramount Pictures
SF Studios
Sky
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Star India
Studio Babelsberg
STX Entertainment
Telemundo
Televisa
Twentieth Century Fox
Univision Communications Inc.
Village Roadshow
The Walt Disney Company
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

According to the ACE launch announcement release:

By bringing together global creative companies producing all forms of content, ACE will expand ongoing, cooperative efforts to reduce the prevalence of online piracy. ACE will draw upon the global antipiracy resources of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in concert with the internal antipiracy expertise of the ACE coalition members. Specifically, ACE will conduct research, work closely with law enforcement to curtail illegal pirate enterprises, file civil litigation, forge cooperative relationships with existing national content protection organizations, and pursue voluntary agreements with responsible parties across the internet ecosystem.

More information about the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment can be found here.