FACT’s Achievements Acknowledged By Industry With BVA Special Award
Read More →FACT was presented with the British Video Association’s Special Award at the BVA Awards ceremony in London. The award, voted for unanimously by the BVA Council, recognises the success of [...]
UK Cinema staff rewarded for keeping films safe
Read More →Cash rewards of thousands of pounds have been presented to 13 staff members from cinemas across the UK who intervened successfully to prevent illegal recordings of films including SKYFALL, TED, [...]
FACT talks about UK creative industry on BBFC podcast
Read More →FACT features on the latest BBFC podcast. Hear about our work and how we help to protect the jobs of those working in the UK’s creative industries.
Suspended prison sentence for illegal website owner
Read More →Kieron Sharp, FACT Director General, said: ‘This is a groundbreaking case, proving conclusively that operating a website that rebroadcasts copyrighted works without permission is a criminal offence.’ Full story [...]
London pirate DVD trader jailed for 18 months
Read More →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 [...]
Brothers Sentenced for Copyright Offences
Read More →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
Read More →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
Read More →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, [...]
Pirate DVD couple ordered to pay back £130,000 by Court
Read More →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
Read More →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
Read More →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
Read More →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 [...]
