• FACT secures record £22,600 in fines and costs after conviction for illegal Sky use in pubs

    Latest order brings fines & costs awarded since 1st July 2014 to £68,765.57 as part of efforts to protect thousands of law-abiding pubs The Federation Against Copyright Theft (‘FACT’) has [...]

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    Man arrested on suspicion of facilitating illegal broadcasts of Premier League matches

    The Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) arrested a Nottingham man this morning on suspicion of selling devices that allow pubs to illegally broadcast Premier League football matches on a [...]

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  • Fraudster jailed for running football website

    The creator of a website which illegally screened live Premiership football matches over the internet has been sent to prison for two years. Kevin Broughton was sentenced at Sheffield Crown [...]

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  • Manchester Licensee ordered to pay over £6,000 for illegal Sky use

    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 [...]

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    Billericay Licensee ordered to pay over £4,000 for illegal Sky use.

    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’) [...]

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  • Newcastle Licensee ordered to pay over £9,500 for illegal Sky use

    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 [...]

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