Latest FACT news and perspectives

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 [...]

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 [...]

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’) [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 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.

THE GLOBAL fight against piracy came to the West Midlands this morning (Friday 1 February) when police raided four addresses along with investigators from the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). [...]

  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 [...]