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.
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.
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.
