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Penalties for Copyright Infringement

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Currently the maximum fine that Magistrates' Courts can award for online copyright infringement is £5,000.

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This consultation started on 11th August 2008 and ended on 31st October 2008.

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Bigger fines for careless bloggers?

[From feeds.arhg.net, at 14:57 on 28/10/2008]

As it happens you can nip over to the UK IPO and let them know what you think. You've only got until the 31st to do so, though.

A call for comments. Worth £50,000? By October 31st!!!

[From nakedlaw.typepad.com, at 12:57 on 28/10/2008]

The UK IPO is consulting on increasing the maximum penalty a Magistrates? Court can impose for ... which will educate the public about copyright

First catch your copyright criminal ...

[From feeds.feedburner.com, at 08:22 on 18/08/2008]

As the UK-IPO's website observes: ... It included a commitment to consult on increasing the fines available in the Magistrates? Court from the...

Taking Forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Penalties...

[From www.escholarlypub.com, at 14:40 on 12/08/2008]

To reflect the commercial damage that large scale copyright infringement causes, the UK-IPO is consulting on increasing the level of fine...

Intellectual Property Rights - a quick update?

[From www.oursocietytoday.org, at 16:01 on 11/08/2008]

...get me wrong we always have something to say about everything - but ... course, an immense amount of useful information on the IPO website - in

It's crunch time for digital media law

[From feeds.feedburner.com, at 10:52 on 29/07/2008]

I firmly predict that all of the 'big questions' about digital media law ... here in the UK we have the Gower's Consultation on changes to the UK's

The New Perverted Reverse Value Theory of Copyright

[From feeds.feedburner.com, at 12:54 on 14/04/2008]

...has been invoked sketchily in the past, but has now been officially launched on a grand scale in the UK. ... What am I talking about, you may

Reply to Westminster copyrights street signs

[From www.flickr.com, at 17:06 on 08/04/2008]

Closing date is today ... www.ipo.gov.uk/about/about-consult/abou...

Reduced UK Trademark Opposition Period

[From feeds.feedburner.com, at 07:37 on 31/03/2008]

However it is more important than that. The UK-IPO want to change the opposition period. ... I was a bit surprised about that for UK marks.

UKIPO: your views on the modernisation of the Trade Mark rules

[From class46.blogspot.com, at 17:09 on 27/03/2008]

"As part of the modernisation and consolidation of the Trade Mark rules, we are planning some changes that will increase the speed of unopposed trade...

OCLN | Open Content Legal News - 15 Feb 2008

[From feeds.feedburner.com, at 14:14 on 15/02/2008]

Van Houweling, Molly Shaffer, ?The New Servitudes? . Georgetown Law Journal, Forthcoming Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1028947...

Does saving culture violate copyright law? Often the answer is yes.

[From www.thelearnedfangirl.com, at 22:18 on 28/01/2008]

"What we're talking about is this class of work where there is no known present owner to come forward. So the work cannot be made available."'

UK blogs, boards, Web 2.0 sites: how to not get sued

[From feeds.feedburner.com, at 10:15 on 28/01/2008]

The European Court in McLibel (see later) had it right about UK libel laws being bad for freedom of expression!

United Kingdom - public consultation on new exceptions to copyright...

[From www.ipmenu.com, at 04:45 on 25/01/2008]

...ipo.gov.uk. The closing date for submissions is 8 April 2008. Sources and for further information Intellectual Property Office: Formal...

IT Sounds Right

[From britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk, at 10:46 on 17/01/2008]

...for recordings are almost nonexistent within the UK Copyright Act. Last week, the UK Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) launched its report...

1/16DVDFab HD Decrypter 4.0.5.1 supports yet another type of DVD

[From page2rss.com, at 15:57 on 15/01/2008]

DVD. Admits the doom stories also came some questions about the future ... Gowers report on intellectual property law in the UK, the government is

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