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Authorities in the Philippines have issued a landmark restraining order against the pirate cable operator Turtle Cable for copyright infringement.

An order, issued by the country's Intellectual Property Office, prevents the broadcaster from redistributing international cable channels to which it does not own programme rights.

Cable piracy is rampant in the Philippines and the government has been pressed to act ...

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