London pirate DVD trader jailed for 18 months
A trader has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment after admitting making and possessing for sale almost 5,000 fake copies of DVDs from his video shop located at 6 Dunton [...]
Two arrested in eBay counterfeit TV Box-set clampdown
Two people, a man aged 30 years and a woman aged 32 years, have been arrested in Cheltenham in a targeted operation against sellers of counterfeit goods on eBay. Gloucestershire [...]
Brothers Sentenced for Copyright Offences
Two Leeds men have today been convicted of copyright infringement. Brothers Faraz Saddiq, 27 of Woodsley Road, Leeds, and Ayaz Saddiq, 26 of Woodsley Road, Leeds, were arrested following an [...]
Pirate website owner guilty of contempt of court
Anton Vickerman, owner of the pirate website Surf The Channel, pleaded guilty yesterday (21st November) to contempt of court at Newcastle Crown Court. Vickerman published on the internet restricted court documents from the [...]
New portal launched to help consumers navigate legal online marketplace
The Content Map, a comprehensive portal for British digital content services, was unveiled today, encouraging UK online consumers to explore more than 150 authorised websites and platforms offering films, TV programmes, music, [...]
Penryn raid nets counterfeit films and music
Large quantities of counterfeit films, music and computer games have been seized by Cornwall Trading Standards from a property in Penryn. Officers from Cornwall Trading Standards, the Police and the [...]
Pirate DVD couple ordered to pay back £130,000 by Court
Mark Small, 47, was jailed for nine months earlier this year after investigators discovered he was running a sophisticated and profitable business selling bootleg DVDs of classic BBC programmes. His [...]
‘New’ Alliance
For fourteen years, the Alliance Against IP Theft has represented trade associations with an interest in ensuring intellectual property rights are valued and receive the protection they need and deserve. [...]
Equinix Awarded FACT Certification
Equinix EMEA data centers meet the highest security standards for the European audio-visual industry Equinix Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), a provider of global data center services, today announced that its EMEA [...]
Four year prison sentence for illegal website owner
A website owner who created and ran one of the world’s most popular pirate websites has been sentenced to four years imprisonment today at Newcastle Crown Court. Anton Vickerman, age [...]
£67,500 confiscated from counterfeit DVD seller
At Glasgow Sheriff Court yesterday (8th August), a Confiscation Order for £67,500 was made against Satnam Panesar (DOB 21-03-1971). Panesar, from Newton Mearns, Glasgow, had previously pled guilty to infringing [...]
Trading Standards swoops on counterfeit criminals
Counterfeiters assets taken by Powys County Council Hertfordshire Trading Standards, supported by FACT, has carried out further raids as a result of the major operation against counterfeiting at [...]
