UK 1st: Proceeds of Crime Act in copyright case
p2pnet news view | Crime:- It’s the “first time that record labels in the UK have been awarded compensation from assets that have been confiscated in court from music pirates,” boasts the Big 4’s IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industry).
A British court had used the Proceeds of Crime Act (2002) to seize £70,000 (about $119,829) from an alleged music copyright infringer.
The ruling was made on Monday against traders who’d been convicted of conspiracy to infringe copyright in March 2008, says the IFPI, going on:
“Wasim Mir was ordered to pay a £70,000 confiscation order under the Proceeds of Crime Act. A compensation order for this amount was also made with monies payable to BPI. The court believed he materially benefited to a greater amount than this, but agreed £70,000 was the sum of money he had available. Mir has six months to pay the money or face 21 months in prison.
“Mohammed Sheikh was found to have materially benefited from the illegal trade by £30,000, but it was agreed he had no assets to pay a confiscation order.
“A third defendant, Farrah Nissa, who received a prison sentence for her coordinating role in the illegal business, will face a court hearing next year to determine the size of the confiscation order against her.”
Mir has six months to pay, or face 21 months in jail.
The money will go to Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s BPI (British Phonographic Industry).
Nissa’s company, SFH, was commissioned by Mir, a market trader, and others to “import the pirate CDs,” says the IFPI, adding:
“The CD piracy operation had involved the distribution and sale of unlicensed pirate urban music compilations. Some of these pirate CDs became brands in their own right with the In The Club series running for more than 15 editions.”
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IFPI – CD pirates required to pay money to rights holders, December 8, 2009
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