Afreeca
Encyclopedia
Afreeca is a video streaming service based on P2P technology, owned and operated by Nowcom
in South Korea
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The site mainly retransmits TV channels, but also allows users to upload their own videos and shows. The head of Afreeca's parent company Nowcom, Mun Yong-sik, was arrested in 2008 for illegally distributing pirated films
. Some alleged the arrest was politically motivated due to Afreeca being used by protesters to coordinate.
Nowcom
Nowcom founded in 1994, is a Korean IT Company.The first service of Nowcom in South Korea was Nownuri which is VT-based online BBS started in 1994 and currently they operates Afreeca, TalesRunner, O2Jam and ClubBox as well as Nownuri....
in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
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The site mainly retransmits TV channels, but also allows users to upload their own videos and shows. The head of Afreeca's parent company Nowcom, Mun Yong-sik, was arrested in 2008 for illegally distributing pirated films
Copyright infringement
Copyright infringement is the unauthorized or prohibited use of works under copyright, infringing the copyright holder's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce or perform the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works.- "Piracy" :...
. Some alleged the arrest was politically motivated due to Afreeca being used by protesters to coordinate.