The film inquiry was launched a year ago with the task of, among other things, coming up with proposals for changes to the national support for film production.
The inquiry was supposed to be presented on February 28, but now it is being extended and the investigator Eva Bergquist is being given an additional task of examining how illegal ip-tv can be countered and possibly prohibited.
We are now asking the inquiry to take a closer look at both how this is done technically and what needs are required to address this. And then it could be a ban, but it could also be other things, says Parisa Liljestrand.
Grey area
It is already illegal to provide copyrighted material, but there is a legal grey area when it comes to watching it. According to the TV industry's anti-piracy organization Nordic Content Protection, nearly 600,000 Swedish households subscribe to illegal ip-tv from various actors.
Parisa Liljestrand believes that there is a link between illegal ip-tv and criminals.
Instead of the money going to rights holders or creators, it ends up straight in the pockets of criminals. It is important to understand that this is content that has cost to produce, which someone owns and which is stolen and distributed further, she says.
Billion-amount
The film industry and the major streaming companies believe that they are losing billion-amounts due to ip-tv and have demanded action from the state.
The Tax Authority produced a report in 2018 showing that the industry lost around half a billion kronor that year. According to Parisa Liljestrand, there is no more updated figure.
Technological development and the shift towards streamed TV have moved quite fast even during these six, seven years that have passed since then. So it's clear that we believe the figures look a bit different today, she says.
The new task is to be presented on September 30, but a partial report on the original directives in the film inquiry will be presented on February 28.
