South Africa: Start-Up Uses Innovative Approach With Bitcoin and Blockchain to Catch the Pirates Online

4 November 2016

London — Piracy plagues Africa and TV and film markets but particularly piracy within the industry. People take screeners and before you know where you are they have been uploaded . to the Internet.Russell Southwood spoke to G-J Rooyen, Custostech who has developed a new approach to cracking this age-old problem.

Custostech's approach deploys some unique technology but could not be simpler. When a broadcast or film company wants to send content to a client, they upload that content to Custostech.

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