Pay-TV operator aiming to block site streaming pirated K-dramas
Another volley against piracy has been fired under Singapore's recently amended Copyright Act, with pay-TV operator PCCW Media taking steps to block the Dramanice website here.
Dramanice streams pirated content including Korean hit romance drama series Descendants Of The Sun, My Love From The Star and The Heirs.
It is among the top 7,000 global websites accessed daily, according to the latest Alexa rankings.
In documents seen by The Straits Times, PCCW said Dramanice is a "flagrantly infringing online location", offering many episodes of 62 popular Korean drama titles illegally.
These are shows also available on PCCW's subscription-based online streaming service Viu, which was launched in Singapore in January last year.
Pay-TV platforms StarHub TV and Singtel TV also broadcast some of the shows.
PCCW, which is based in Hong Kong, served papers on five Singapore Internet service providers (ISPs) - Singtel, StarHub, M1, MyRepublic and ViewQwest - in May.
In the same month, it also made an application in the Singapore High Court to get the ISPs to block the website.