• View of bar and football on a TV screen in pub

    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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  • £100k DVD con man is found guilty

    A con man who was identified following a joint FACT and Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU) investigation into the sale counterfeit DVD box sets has today (8 Jan) been found guilty at Southwark Crown Court.

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    Man jailed for more than two and half years for selling illegal TV set-top boxes

    A man has been jailed for over two years after FACT and Leicestershire Police discovered he was selling hundreds of illegal TV boxes online.

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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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