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littleman

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10 Years in Jail For Internet Pirates Now Reality in the UK
« on: May 03, 2017, 05:17:32 PM »
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In 2015, the UK Government announced a controversial plan to increase the maximum prison sentence for online copyright infringement from two to ten years.

The proposal followed a suggestion put forward in a study commissioned by the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO). The study concluded that criminal sanctions for online copyright infringement available under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (CDPA 1988) should be harmonized with ‘offline’ penalties, such as those available for counterfeiting.

“By toughening penalties for commercial-scale online offending we are offering greater protections to businesses and sending a clear message to deter criminals,” then Intellectual Property Minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe said at the time.

https://torrentfreak.com/10-years-in-jail-for-internet-pirates-now-reality-in-the-uk-170501/
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Re: 10 Years in Jail For Internet Pirates Now Reality in the UK
« Reply #1 on: May 04, 2017, 03:20:28 AM »
in some cases big companies take content from smaller players then hit the smaller players with a DMCA.

The big problem with strict laws in one market will be the creation/promotion of cross-border gray markets.

By preventing a local YouTube they ensure the next YouTube will be from another country.
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