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22 May 2018Copyright

‘Billie the Bookie’ receives prison sentence for copyright offences

A UK-based man who traded as “Billie the Bookie” has been given a ten-month prison term for selling illegal TV devices after having been sentenced for the same crime in 2016.

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FACT cracks down on illegal set-top TV boxes
2 June 2016   The Federation Against Copyright Theft and Police Scotland have executed two search warrants in Glasgow as part of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal TV boxes.
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2 September 2014   Trade body the Federation Against Copyright Theft has secured a record fine against a pub showing a Sky Sports televised football match illegally, it has revealed.


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