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    Watford Pub Company Ordered to Pay Nearly £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use

    A Watford pub company has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 for illegal broadcasting Sky Sports in its pubs following an investigation by FACT.

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    Licensee In Uxbridge Ordered To Pay Nearly £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use

    A licensee in Uxbridge has been ordered to pay nearly £6,000 in fines and costs for illegally broadcasting Sky Sports in his pub the Crown.

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    Licensees of pub in Bolton ordered to pay over £6,500 for illegal Sky use

    Following a successful prosecution by The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’), Janet and Eric Ashton of the Rose & Crown  in Westhoughton have been convicted and ordered to pay more [...]

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  • Plymouth licensee fined £14,000 for illegally screening Sky Sports

    Man fined more than £22,000 for illegally showing BT Sport & Sky Sports football

    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 [...]

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    COURTS CONVICT LICENSEES IN STOCKPORT AND RUTLAND FOR ILLEGAL SKY USE

    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 [...]

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  • Aylesbury Pub Licensee Ordered To Pay Over £6,000 For Illegal Sky Use

    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 [...]

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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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  • Publicans Speak Out Against Unauthorised Screening of Live Sport

    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 [...]

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  • Lancashire pub company convicted and fined after illegally showing Sky Sports broadcasts from Ireland

    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 [...]

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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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  • 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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