• Criminal court the Old Bailey in the City of London

    Three men sentenced for multi-million pound intellectual property fraud

    Three men have been sentenced for providing illegal access to copyrighted content such as films, music, books and games which cost the industry more than £2.5 million pounds. The men [...]

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  • Facebook bans the sale of illicit streaming devices

    Facebook has recently updated its Commerce Policy to ban the sale of illicit streaming devices from it's site.

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  • Three men jailed for 10 years in fake DVD operation

    Three men have been jailed for 10 years and seven months for selling fake DVDs following a successful investigation by Suffolk Trading Standards and FACT.

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    EU Court rules fully loaded IPTV devices illegal

    This week the European Court of Justice ruled that selling pre-configured multimedia devices allowing access to copyright infringing content is illegal.

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    Seller ordered to pay £250,000 for illegal TV boxes

    A man who sold illegal internet TV boxes allowing access to pay-for TV free of charge has received a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay £250,000.

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    Man sentenced in TV card sharing fraud

    Gavin Gray, 25, was sentenced after pleading guilty to four charges of fraud and offences under the Copyright Designs Patents Act 1988.

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  • Operation Creative sees 64% drop in UK advertising on illegal sites

    A ground-breaking operation that disrupts illegal websites providing access to films, TV, books, music and games has seen major success.

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  • View of bar and football on a TV screen in pub

    Pub ordered to pay over £9,000 for illegal Sky use

    Two pubs in Merseyside and Liverpool have been convicted and ordered to pay £9,000 in costs and fines for showing Sky Sports illegally in their premises.

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    Suppliers of IPTV boxes ordered to pay £267,000 to the Premier League

    Three suppliers of pre-loaded IPTV boxes that facilitate mass piracy of Premier League football broadcasts have been ordered to pay a total of £267,000 by the Courts for infringing copyright.

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  • Operation Creative tackles advertising on pirate sites

    This week officers from PIPCU at City of London Police visited organisations found to be advertising on websites involved in digital piracy.

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  • Man sentenced to 12 months for music piracy after PIPCU investigation

    FACT welcomes a recent sentencing result which saw a man jailed for 12 months for music piracy following a PIPCU and PRS for Music investigation.

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    Illegal IPTV box supplier jailed for four years

    Following the first legal case involving illegal IPTV boxes a man has been jailed for four years. Terry O’Reilly was sentenced to four years in prison and a second supplier Will O’Leary pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence.

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