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>Middlesbrough trader Brian Thompson is accused of selling equipment that "facilitated the circumvention" of copyright protection measures. If this is all they
by cyborgx7 10y ago
>Middlesbrough trader Brian Thompson is accused of selling equipment that "facilitated the circumvention" of copyright protection measures.
If this is all they are accusing them of, I don't see how they have a leg to stand on. As far as I can tell they just download content that is freely available. The circumvention of copyright protection measures happened before that.
- celticninja 10y agoHe is the one making the profit though, I mean that is why he is being targeted for prosecution, not that it is a reason to target him. However his facebook ads were openly promoting the fact that you could access paid for programming for free, this was his pain selling point, and I think that is much more likely the reason he was targeted.
- stevetrewick 10y agoCorrect. The UK legislation which defines what kind of infringement (or enablement thereof) constitutes a criminal offence [0] uses the language "In the course of a business ... otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright." The second is a very high barrier. [0] https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intellectual-property-offences/intellectual-property-offences https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/intellectual-prop...