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    Bootle Licensee Ordered to Pay Over £15,000 for Illegal Sky Use

    A Merseyside licensee has been found guilty of two offences of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports football matches to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky.

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    Licensees in Merseyside and Rochdale Ordered to Pay More Than £39,000 for Illegal Sky Use

    Six licensees have been found guilty of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. In the first of three [...]

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  • Merseyside Licensees Convicted and Ordered to Pay Over £16,000 for Illegal Sky Sports

    Three licensees have been found guilty of six offences each of dishonest reception of a television transmission by showing Sky Sports to customers without a commercial agreement from Sky. Janet [...]

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    Illegal IPTV box supplier jailed for four years

    Following the first legal case involving illegal IPTV boxes a man has been jailed for four years. Terry O’Reilly was sentenced to four years in prison and a second supplier Will O’Leary pleaded guilty and received a two-year suspended sentence.

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    Two Leeds pubs convicted and ordered to pay more than £8,500 for illegal Sky use

    Following successful prosecutions by FACT, two pubs in Leeds have each been convicted and ordered to pay a combined total of more than £8,500 in fines and costs for showing Sky Sports illegally in their premises.

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  • Suppliers of illegal Premier League broadcasts ordered to pay £1 million

    Two fraudsters who supplied illegal broadcasts of Premier League football have been ordered to pay back £1 million following a confiscation hearing.

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    Surrey Pub Company found guilty of illegally showing Sky Sports and ordered to pay out over £120,000

    A Surrey pub company has been found guilty of illegally airing Sky Sports and ordered to pay a record £120,600 in fines following an investigation by FACT.

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  • Joint investigation sees duo jailed for fraudulently selling access to Premier League football coverage

    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 [...]

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    Licensees of Corby pub ordered to pay over £17,000 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), the licensees of the Domino Inn in Corby have been convicted and ordered to pay in excess of £17,000 in [...]

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  • Islington landlord ordered to pay over £4,800 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), the licensee of The Halfway House Bar in Islington has been convicted and fined for showing Sky Sports illegally [...]

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  • London pub ordered to pay over £5,000 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), the licensee of The Acorn on Queensbridge Road in East London has been convicted and fined for showing Sky [...]

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  • Pub Licensees in Liverpool and Manchester ordered to pay more than £6,000 for illegal Sky use

    Following successful prosecutions by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), licensees of the Hark to Towler in Heywood, Greater Manchester, and Jimmy O’s in Liverpool, have been convicted and fined [...]

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