Canada’s pirate-preventing outfit GeoComply has claimed an industry first, using a list of some 200 million compromised IP addresses to help video services cut down on piracy. Consumer virtual private networks (VPNs) have opened a door that hurriedly needs closing, and the streaming services must move swiftly before the looming recession ramps up the rate of piracy. Faultline approached incredulously, but GeoComply does appear to be the first vendor to offer this as a service – in a product which is essentially data. James Clark, GM for GeoComply’s Media and Entertainment wing, outlined the scope of the problem, and how the industry thinking has shifted in the year since Faultline first checked in on the company. The commercial launch of…