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Illegal downloads 'rife in Australia'
2015-07-22 05:19:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Nearly half of Australia's digital users illegally download movies, TV shows and music on a regular basis, a government survey finds.
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OTT marketplace remains rife with opportunity for innovative entrants
2015-06-08 18:30:55| Digital TV News
2015 is proving to be a blockbuster year for over-the-top (OTT) video services, with more than 65 players either offering video services today or announcing plans to do so in the coming months, according to a study conducted by Parks Associates.
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Wage theft rife in oil and gas industry cheats workers out of millions
2014-09-26 10:00:04| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
As my colleague Laura Clawson has repeatedly reported, wage theft is one of the nation's major rip-offs. Employers steal from fast-food employees and software engineers and Amazon warehouse workers.
"Forced labour" rife in Malaysian electronics factories - report
2014-09-17 09:00:26| Electronics - Topix.net
Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery such as debt bondage, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The survey by Verite, an international labour rights group, found that abuse of workers' rights - particularly the tens of thousands from low-wage countries like Nepal, Myanmar and Indonesia - was rife in a $75 billion sector that is a mainstay of the Southeast Asian country's export-driven economy.
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'Forced labor' rife in Malaysian electronics factories - report
2014-09-17 09:00:25| Electronics - Topix.net
Nearly a third of some 350,000 workers in Malaysia's electronics industry - a crucial link in the international consumer supply chain - suffer from conditions of modern-day slavery such as debt bondage, according to a study funded by the U.S. Department of Labor. The survey by Verite, an international labor rights group, found that abuse of workers' rights - particularly the tens of thousands from low-wage countries like Nepal, Myanmar and Indonesia - was rife in a $75 billion sector that is a mainstay of the Southeast Asian country's export-driven economy.
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