ATBW Copyright Agency

The ATBW Copyright Agency was a division of ATBW Holdings LLC that was mostly responsible for enforcing ATBW Holdings's copyright policies and was located within ATBW City inside ATBW Label Networks Headquarters. It was also responsible for copyrighting intellectual properties owned by ATBW Label Networks, but also copyrighted other intellectual properties including those from ATBW Web Engineering, alongside ATBW Game Development and ATBW Consumer Branding, all four are divisions of ATBW Holdings LLC.

It also protected the works of ATBW's subsidiaries including Escade Corporation, BTV Networks, Lifeworks Inc., CLP Network, EAPL Inc., etc., as well as profitable properties made for ATBW networks by certain ATBW Blog companies, specifically CCTV Productions. Copyright protection did not extend to properties by ATBW Blog companies themselves, even for the companies that are owned by ATBW Blog.

While mainly being in charge of copyrighting and protecting ATBW's main intellectual properties, they also provided security within the Copyright Meeting Room within ATBW City, which employed them to prevent entry of unauthorized persons during meetings, and they also serve as secondary security officers within ATBW Label Networks Headquarters. It was voluntarily shut down on March 29, 2022 in an attempt to be more dependent on foreign companies, and the building it was once in now houses PBLOG Group's HQ. Swank Motion Pictures is now responsible for enforcing the company's copyright policies.

All former staff members of the agency have either retired for good or are now working at PBLOG Group.

Contrary to the popular depiction in the media, the agency did not chase pirates on foot or use road vehicles, but they worked to protect the copyright of their work as well as to educate others about copyright.

History
It was founded in 1945 by Eric Langile Jr., who was the then CEO of ATBW Label Networks, which at the time was owned by Langile Corporation, and consists of employees who work to protect ATBW's properties and until 1970 would also protect Langile Corporation's properties secondly.

In the 1950's during the continuous growth of ATBW Label Networks, the agency began to crack down on bootlegging of movies released by the company, which at the time was very rare. In 1954, the copyright agency started to use more advanced computers to place copyright symbols on movie advertisements as well as books that the company published.

In 1964, the ATBW Copyright Agency advanced its technology and equipment by buying and manufacturing commercial grade computers specifically designed to print copyright notices on its movie releases and its series of books, and it eventually got vehicles of its own in 1965, which were designed to drive around ATBW City to stop potential employees from bootlegging their movies with the potential rise of video cameras, which could be used to film ATBW movies and eventually sell them in a way that it would violate its copyright policies.

In the 1980's, the copyright agency was also given powers in ATBW Theme Parks and since then, they serve as the park's secondary security force, just behind the ATBW Theme Parks Security Task Force. This was to allow them to get better advantage over movie pirates at the park's movie theaters after a surge of movie piracy. Pirated cassettes were also a major issue in the park, which was the prime reason for the 1984 crackdown to take place.

They would also do this in 1992, 2002, 2006, 2012, and 2020, with the first three being over increase in the sales of Escade DVD bootlegs, the 2012 one being over Amory The Bad Woman bootlegs, and the 2020 one being over bootlegs from CCTV Productions, which has made shows for Comedy Humor and are sole properties of ATBW Holdings LLC despite being created by CCTV Productions founder Kirti Mang, who does not work for the company.

ATBW Holdings CEO Takash Puterr announced that on March 29, 2022 that the agency would be abolished permanently after years of controversy. The former agency's building is now home to the headquarters of PBLOG Group, which was formed on April 20, 2022 as a result of the ATBW Antitrust Lawsuit.

Crackdowns
They have made a number of crackdowns within ATBW's properties over the last several years, the first one in 1984, and then again in 1992, 2002, 2006, 2012, and 2020. A variety of them take place in ATBW Theme Parks and the agency jointly operates these crackdowns with authorities since copyright agency is only a copyright division.

When Amory The Bad Woman exploded itself in popularity in 2012, the copyright agency seized more than 400,000 bootlegs of Amory The Bad Woman movies that were sold there, as well as in 2020 with the ongoing rise of California City Show from CCTV Productions.

They usually caught movie pirates at the park's stores, but they may also do them in hotels like the 2020 crackdown. These crackdowns are done to protect the intellectual properties of not only ATBW Label Networks, but also its subsidiaries as well, including Escade Corporation.