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UK government to increase jail sentences for online piracy to 10 years, the same as sexual assault and child cruelty

The UK government plans to increase the maximum prison sentence for those found guilty of online copyright infringement to 10 years, despite little support from the public.

byTim April 25, 2016

The Sun's smear campaign against junior doctors is copyright infringement

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The Sun & Daily Mail’s smear campaign against junior doctors is blatant copyright infringement

Under UK copyright law, there is a fair dealing exemption where the purpose of the infringement is for the reporting of current events, but this does not cover photographs and definitely not publishing a person’s private photographs in national newspapers to show that they take holidays on beaches like the rest of the population.

byTim January 11, 2016

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UK Police to replace banner ads on piracy sites with copyright warnings

British visitors to copyright-infringing websites will start to see warnings from the police in the place of banner adverts for Usenet and VPNs, in the latest phase of Operation Creative.

byTim July 29, 2014

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Top Gun Tweeter @555uhz shut down by Paramount over copyright infringement

Lawyers from the Paramount movie studio took exception to Twitter user @555uhz tweeting the Top Gun movie frame by frame, and have had his account suspended.

byTim February 26, 2014