By John Glenday

Internet users found guilty of pirating copyrighted goods online face potentially ten years in jail ater the UK government released a consultation paper on bringing the penalties for digital copyright infringement into line with those for copying physical goods.

This marks a hefty increase on the present two year maximum jail term for such crimes and represents a major success for the creative industries who have long argued that the existing rules are antiquated and unfair.

Intellectual Property minister Baroness Neville-Rolfe said: “The government takes copyright crime extremely seriously — it hurts businesses, consumers and the wider economy both on and offline. Read full story ›

Source: The Drum