Piracy: Australian brands duped by the ad fraudsters driving global piracy

SeriesA number of major Australian advertisers have been found to be advertising on websites associated with Watchseries.lt, one of a plethora of global piracy portals funnelling consumers to illegal content and making millions from display advertising in the process.

An investigation by Mumbrella has shown Allianz, American Express, Becks, Jenny Craig, Hotels Combined, Mazda, NSW Lotteries, Reckitt Benckiser and Virgin Australia are among the major brands to have been found to have advertisements on hosting websites associated with Watchseries such as Videoweed, Divx Stage and NovaMov, which are illegal hosting sites that each have a large library of copyright infringing material.

Virgin Reckitts

Yesterday it was revealed Australia retained its place at the top of the list of the world’s biggest piraters with more than 100,000 Australians thought to have downloaded the first episode of Season four Game of Thrones in the first 12 hours.

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