To reflect the commercial damage that large scale copyright infringement causes, the UK's Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO) has announced that it is consulting on increasing the level of fine handed down by a Magistrates’ Court to a maximum of GBP50,000.
Currently, the maximum fine that Magistrates' Courts can award for online copyright infringement is GBP5,000.
This consultation takes forward Gowers Review recommendation 36, which recommended matching penalties for online and physical copyright infringement by increasing sanctions for online infringements.
Further to this in February this year "Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy" was published by the Departments for Culture, Media and Sports (DCMS), Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), and Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS).
It included a commitment to consult on increasing the fines available in the Magistrates’ Court from the current GBP5,000 limit to a maximum of GBP50,000 for online copyright infringement.
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.
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