A UK Court has found a pub licensee guilty of breaching the copyright of satellite television giant Sky, by illegally broadcasting televised sports programmes without a Sky subscription or commercial agreement.
UK IPO publishes new guide to post-Brexit copyright legislation
Yesterday, the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) published a new guide on post-Brexit copyright laws, in a bid to dispel uncertainties surrounding the UK’s role in European Union (EU) copyright legislation since the Brexit vote.
Editors issued with warning to always source ‘copyright-free’ images
The editorial development director of a regional news publisher has issued a memo to editors, warning against the print, or online publication, of copyright-protected photographs alongside its articles.
Reduced traffic for online piracy sites good news for web-browsing Britons
A new report has revealed that online piracy websites have experienced an 89 per cent decrease in web traffic since 2014, thanks to crack downs from internet giant Google.
Copyright pirates could face serious penalties under proposed IP laws
Britons who download and share pirated content on the internet could face up to ten years imprisonment under new Government proposals.