The UK”s Digital Economy Bill received royal assent and became law. According to it, Internet file-sharers can be jailed for up to 10 years if the court finds that they knowingly made infringing content available to the public and exposed a copyright owner to just a risk of loss. It was two years ago that… Read more »
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Court Sentences Movie Downloaders to 45 Days in Jail
What’s the appropriate way to deal with online piracy? Education? Fines? Jail sentences? All of these things are possible in today’s world, depending on scale of offending and location. In the United States, for example, educational warnings formed part of the Copyright Alerts program, but with that having fallen by the wayside, fines (aka… Read more »