UK music pirates could face up to 10 years imprisonment
The Conservative government has published a consultation on increasing the penalty for those who “infringe the rights of copyright holders for large-scale financial gain”.
The maximum prison sentence for online copyright infringement is currently two years, compared to 10 years for infringement of physical goods.
But the government now seeks to highlight that “online copyright infringement is no less serious than physical infringement".
The consultation follows a study published in March, titled Penalty Fair? which aimed to "provide an evidence-based ...
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