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Anti-P2P Group: 'Online Piracy Must Equal Physical Piracy'

By soulxtc

Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) calls for equity in sentencing for copyright infringement, saying that online crimes must be punished equally as physical ones. The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), formed in 1984 as the world's first anti-piracy organization, and dedicated "to promote the legitimate use of software and protect its members. rights through education, enforcement, lobbying and promoting standards and best practice in business," is now calling on the UK's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) to make online copyright offenses as severe as physical ones. The IPO is currently considering changes to criminal sanctions in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 based on the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property that was independently conducted from 2005 to 2006. The review concludes that the UK's intellectual property system is fundamentally strong but makes 54 concrete recommendations for improvements, broadly covering the areas of: strengthening enforcement; providing additional support to business; and striking a balance between protecting intellectual property and allowing free market competition.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 18, 2008 (boomark / email).