FACT action stops seventeen infringing services
Action taken by FACT investigators as a result of a nationwide crackdown on digital piracy has resulted in the halt of seventeen separate services providing illicit content.
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Three sellers of illegal streaming devices jailed for a total of 17 years for defrauding Premier League
Three sellers of illegal streaming devices have been jailed for a total of 17 years for conspiracy to defraud; some of the longest sentences ever issued for piracy-related crimes.
Operation Creative tackles advertising on pirate sites
This week officers from PIPCU at City of London Police visited organisations found to be advertising on websites involved in digital piracy.
Five men arrested for conspiring to defraud film industry
In February 2013 five men from the West Midlands area were arrested by police in a coordinated operation, it being alleged that they were members of a secret underground community which described itself as ‘The Scene’ and which specialised in the unauthorised online distribution of recently released films. The men are being prosecuted by FACT … Continued