Taking Forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Penalties for Copyright Infringement
The UK Intellectual Property Office has released Taking Forward the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property: Penalties for Copyright Infringement.
Here's an excerpt from the announcement:
Currently the maximum fine that Magistrates' Courts can award for online copyright infringement is £5,000.
To reflect the commercial damage that large scale copyright infringement causes, the UK-IPO is consulting on increasing the level of fine handed down by a Magistrates’ Court to a maximum of £50,000. . . .
Scotland does not have Magistrates’ Courts; therefore the consultation considers introducing maximum levels of fines for Scottish summary courts that deal with equivalent cases in Scotland.
