Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment (ACE) is a coalition of over 30 major global entertainment companies and film studios aimed at protecting profits from copyrighted material. It was launched on June 13, 2017.
The stated mission of ACE is to protect profits, drawing on the anti-piracy resources of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). The organisation plans to conduct research into online pirating, lobby law enforcement to stop and sue pirate enterprises, file sweeping civil litigations, and to "pursue voluntary agreements with responsible parties across the internet ecosystem" — such as search engines and broadband providers.
On October 31, 2019, they shut down the streaming providers Openload and Streamango.
The organisation promotes itself as marking a new level of coordination among multiple stakeholders.
Background
According to anti-piracy watchdogs, internet users worldwide saved $107.9 billion by streaming from free content distributors in 2016. The efforts of the industry have proven ineffective at preventing online piracy. According to ACE, there are now as few as 480 online services complying with copyright law in an attempt to stem global demand for copyrighted content.
Members
As of May 2023, the members of the Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment are:
Amazon
Apple TV+
AMC Networks
Aniplex (Sony) BBC Studios BeIN Media Group Bell Media Canal+ Group Caracol Televisión Channel 5 Chilevisión Crunchyroll (Sony) Constantin Film DAZN Group Foxtel France Télévisions GMA Network Grupo Globo Grupo Televisa HBO Hulu Lionsgate MBC Group Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Millicom Millennium Media NBCUniversal Netflix OSN Ole Distribution Paramount Global RTL Deutschland Sentai Filmworks (AMC Networks) SF Studios Sky Sony Pictures Disney Star Studio Babelsberg STX Entertainment Telefe Telemundo TelevisaUnivision TrueVisions United Group Village Roadshow ViuTV The Walt Disney Company Warner Bros. Discovery
See also
Content Overseas Distribution Association, a similar Japanese anti-piracy group for anime and manga series