Rightscorp Joins on Advisory Board of Media & Entertainment Security Alliance (MESA)

Rightscorp Joins on Advisory Board of Media & Entertainment Security Alliance (MESA)

SANTA MONICA, Calif., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rightscorp (OTCQB: RIHT), the leading provider of monetization services for artists and holders of copyrighted Intellectual Property (IP), is pleased to announce it will be joining the Advisory Board of MESA, the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance. MESA is a leading industry association and supporter of service providers in building efficiencies in the creation, production and distribution of physical and digital media and entertainment. MESA also produces news/media and many conferences, events and meetings.

Rightscorp joins MESA's Advisory Board at a time when internet piracy continues to be rampant. According to a recent article by Variety, Hollywood studios have lost $40 million in potential retail revenue after screeners for six Oscar-nominated films, "American Sniper," "The Imitation Game," "Wild," "Selma," "Whiplash" and "Still Alice" leaked earlier on piracy sites. According to Fortune, "50 Shades of Grey," which is currently in theaters, has been illegally downloaded over 450k times as of February 16, 2015. The Institute for Policy Innovation estimates that due to piracy of music alone, the U.S. economy loses $12.5 billion in total output annually.

"As an industry leader in combating copyright infringement in the entertainment space, it's important to collaborate with other organizations that share the same vision," said Christopher Sabec, CEO of Rightscorp. "MESA has key relationships with some of the largest technology, entertainment, software and studios in the world. We continue to seek ways to preserve digital assets that include movies, TV, games and software."

Guy Finley, MESA's Executive Director adds, "We are proud to represent companies, like Rightscorp, who continue to push the envelope with their technology and evolve their products to serve content creators and end users across media & entertainment. We are thrilled to work with Rightscorp and help tell their story to an industry that is looking for increasingly innovative ways to protect their valuable content at any point in the creation or distribution process."

About Rightscorp, Inc.
Rightscorp (RIHT) is a leading provider of monetization services for artists and holders of copyrighted Intellectual Property (IP). The Company's patent pending digital loss prevention technology focuses on the infringement of digital content such as music, movies, software, books and games and ensures that owners and creators are rightfully paid for their IP. Rightscorp implements existing laws to solve copyright infringements by collecting payments from illegal file sharing activities via notifications sent through Internet Service Providers (ISPs). The Company's technology identifies copyright infringers, who are offered a reasonable settlement option when compared to the legal liability defined in the Digital Millennium Copyrights Act (DMCA). Based on the fact that 22% of all Internet traffic is used to distribute copyrighted content without permission or compensation to the creators, Rightscorp is pursuing an estimated $2.3 billion opportunity and has monetized major media titles through relationships with industry leaders.
http://www.rightscorp.com/

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For further investor and media information contact:
Andrew Haag
Managing Partner
IRTH Communications
rightscorp@irthcommunications.com
1-866-976-4784

About MESA:
The Media & Entertainment Services Alliance was formed in 2009 by the co-founders of the Entertainment Supply Chain Academy as well as the Hollywood IT Summit (HITS), Content Protection Summit, Blu-Con, 2nd Screen Summit, Smart Content and Burbank Think Tank events. MESA's membership spans the core M&E industry verticals of supply chain, security, information technology and 2(nd) screen/OTT. MESA builds community and industry relationships through their daily e-mail newsletters, print M&E Journal and global industry events.
http://www.MESAlliance.org







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