CINEMA STAFF REWARDED FOR PROTECTING FILMS
Read More →Cash rewards of thousands of pounds have been presented to 15 staff members from cinemas across the UK who intervened successfully to prevent illegal recordings of films including Gravity, Captain [...]
WEB SITE OWNERS PLEAD GUILTY | RECEIVE TWO YEAR SUSPENDED PRISON SENTENCES
Read More →A father and son-in-law who ran a website that provided downloads of films, games and books have both pleaded guilty at a court hearing yesterday (17th December 2013) in Belfast [...]
Northern Ireland eBay trader given a suspended sentence for selling counterfeit Disney DVDs
Read More →An online trader who was selling counterfeit Disney DVDs has been given a five month suspended sentence, suspended for two years, at Lisburn Magistrates’ court. In a case brought by [...]
Fraudster jailed for running football website
Read More →The creator of a website which illegally screened live Premiership football matches over the internet has been sent to prison for two years. Kevin Broughton was sentenced at Sheffield Crown [...]
FEDERATION AGAINST COPYRIGHT THEFT MARKS 30 YEARS PROTECTING IP AT AGM
Read More →The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) yesterday (25th September) held its AGM at the BT Tower in London. Marking 30 years protecting the intellectual property rights of its members, attendees [...]
Manchester Licensee ordered to pay over £6,000 for illegal Sky use
Read More →Carolyn Caroline Dandy, the Designated Premises Supervisor and the Premises Licence Holder of The Concert Inn (3 Bolton Road, Manchester, M46 9TQ), was fined following a successful prosecution by the [...]
Penryn man running ‘cottage industry’ in fake DVDs and CDs jailed for a year
Read More →A prolific counterfeiter has been jailed after brazenly ripping off thousands of movies, cds and computers games. Paul Sorren, of Permarin Road, Penryn, was sentenced to 12 months behind bars [...]
Billericay Licensee ordered to pay over £4,000 for illegal Sky use.
Read More →Linda Anne Webber, the Designated Premise Supervisor of The Nags Head, 50 Heath Road, Billericay, CM11 1HS, was fined following a successful prosecution by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) [...]
Newcastle Licensee ordered to pay over £9,500 for illegal Sky use
Read More →Trevor Gould, the Designated Premise Supervisor of The Dolly Peel, 137 Commercial Road, South Shields, Tyne and Wear NE33 1SQ, was fined following a successful prosecution by the Federation Against [...]
FACT WELCOMES BT SPORT AS LATEST MEMBER
Read More →The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) is delighted to welcome BT Sport as its latest member. FACT is the UK’s leading content protection organisation, with members from across the film, [...]
Man jailed in £460,000 CD and DVD fraud
Read More →A LANCASHIRE man has been jailed for three years and ten months for the sale of counterfeit DVDs, CDs and MP3s, which yielded almost half a million pounds. Lester Hawkes, [...]
New unit to tackle online piracy and counterfeit crime
Read More →FACT welcomes the creation of a new police unit aimed at targeting intellectual property crime which has been announced by Intellectual Property Minister, Lord Younger and City of London Police [...]
