Post by leunas on Feb 24, 2007 16:24:06 GMT -5
British Government Makes Token Anti-Piracy Commitment
The British government is continuing their centuries-long stoush with pirates, announcing that they're giving the Intellectual Property Crime Group more cash and more powers to help bring law and order to the streets, and car boot sales, of the United Kingdom.
Is giving glorified civil servants the powers to bust into people's houses that good an idea? Call me crazy, but I thought that was the police's job. Luke Plunkett
UK government invests £5 million in piracy fight [GameSpot UK]
Article:
kotaku.com/gaming/pirates/british-government-makes-token-antipiracy-commitment-239342.php
The British government is continuing their centuries-long stoush with pirates, announcing that they're giving the Intellectual Property Crime Group more cash and more powers to help bring law and order to the streets, and car boot sales, of the United Kingdom.
The new powers bring into force Section 107a of the Copyright, Designs, and Patents Act 1988, which gives enforcement officers the power to make test purchases and to enter premises and seize goods and documents.
Is giving glorified civil servants the powers to bust into people's houses that good an idea? Call me crazy, but I thought that was the police's job. Luke Plunkett
UK government invests £5 million in piracy fight [GameSpot UK]
Article:
kotaku.com/gaming/pirates/british-government-makes-token-antipiracy-commitment-239342.php