Latest FACT news and perspectives

Yesterday (24th September) a Liverpool pub supervisor was fined more than £22,000 for illegally showing BT Sport and Sky Sports football matches following a successful prosecution by the Federation Against [...]

A Nottinghamshire man has been arrested on suspicion of recording newly-released films at cinemas and posting the footage on the internet. The 33-year-old was arrested, questioned and bailed pending further [...]

Licensees in Stockport and Rutland have been convicted and fined for showing Sky Sports illegally in their premises following successful prosecutions by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’). In the [...]

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) and the Police Service in Northern Ireland (PSNI) have today welcomed the jail term imposed on a 30 year old man from the city [...]

Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), the Premises Licence Holder and Designated Premises Supervisor of LJ’s[1] in Aylesbury has been convicted and ordered to pay [...]

Fraudsters who illegally sold on access to Premier League football coverage have been jailedfollowing a joint investigation by Surrey Police and the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). Simon Hopkins and [...]

Pubs show frustration towards unscrupulous licensees and support action taken against them Landlords and licensees have spoken out against the unauthorised screening of live sport, claiming that it goes against [...]

A number of addresses in Scotland were searched on Friday (10 July) by officers from Police Scotland, assisted by the Federation Against Copyright Theft, in relation to suspected Intellectual Property [...]

Dozens of electronic items including suspected illegal set-top boxes have been seized from a Walsall flat during a warrant this morning (30 June). The items were located after a joint [...]

Five properties in The Lothians and Fife, the registered addresses for around 1,500 companies, were searched yesterday morning by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). The searches are part [...]

The only legal way to show Sky Sports programming in pubs and clubs in mainland UK is through a commercial viewing agreement from Sky Following a successful prosecution by The [...]

A further 11 vigilant staff members from cinemas across the UK have been recognised for successfully intervening to prevent the illegal recording, or ‘camming’, of films under the Film Distributors’ [...]