Penryn raid nets counterfeit films and music
Read More →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
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 [...]
£67,500 confiscated from counterfeit DVD seller
Read More →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
Read More →Hertfordshire Trading Standards, supported by FACT, has carried out further raids as a result of the major operation against counterfeiting at Bovingdon Market in April this year. On Wednesday 25 [...]
UK cinema staff rewarded for preventing piracy
Read More →17 employees from cinemas across the UK have been presented with awards totalling over £7,000 for their efforts in preventing illegal recordings taking place. Illegal recordings of films are the [...]
Website owner guilty of conspiracy to defraud
Read More →Anton Vickerman, who set up and ran one of the world’s most visited pirate websites, surfthechannel, attracting more than 400,000 visitors per day and generating advertising revenues of at least [...]
Three sentenced in fraudulent trading investigation
Read More →Following a complex investigation by police officers from Operation Zephyr, targeting serious and organised crime, assisted by FACT, three people have been sentenced at Bristol Crown Court. Full story here
Newzbin barrister struck off for owning site he represented
Read More →A barrister has been struck off and fined after failing to disclose that he was the owner of a copyright-infringing website that he represented during trial – and for posting [...]
Six Arrested in Crack Down on Organised Crime Illegal Trade in Counterfeit CDs and DVDs
Read More →Government IP Minister Supports Anti-Counterfeiting Operation Driven by BPI and FACT Intelligence Investigation into Three Major Manchester Markets Uncovers Links to Organised Crime 28 November 2011, London – Six market [...]
