tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54623037125883456272012-02-16T03:19:43.979-08:00ydontyou.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481371156093589809noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5462303712588345627.post-27997715917162554262008-07-29T07:20:00.000-07:002008-07-29T08:58:11.581-07:00The partnership claims that the aim of this relationship is to educate businesses in how to use the software legally, and only take action if a company is later found to be guilty.<br /><br />That huge sigh of relief is the sound of those businesses who were paid surprise visits by TS last year – with no warning or warrant – the offenders were consequently carted off for prosecution.<br /><br />Critics are saying that this is a waste of time and a misuse of public money as Gordon Brown has given a tidy sum of £5 million towards enforcing copyright, meaning Trading Standards now has the power and duty to enforce against any criminal copyright offences – be afraid, be very afraid.<br /><br />The Director General of The Federation, John Lovelock, states: “Technology is constantly giving criminals new ways of committing crimes and theft is a major issue that has to be addressed. As a result we intend to fully co-operate with Trading Standards so that together we can clamp down on those responsible for piracy and protect owners of Intellectual Property.”<br /><br />Dave Holland, Cardiff Trading Standards, added: “Trading standards may now work in cooperation with representative bodies to enforce the law surrounding copyright infringement.”<br /><br />More stories@ http://www.yourtrustedtradesmen.com<br /><script type="text/javascript"><br />digg_url = 'DIGG_PERMALINK_URL';<br /></script><br /><script src="http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js" type="text/javascript"></script><br /><a href="http://technorati.com/faves?sub=addfavbtn&amp;add=http://stampoutsoftwarecrime.blogspot.com"><img src="http://static.technorati.com/pix/fave/tech-fav-1.png" alt="Add to Technorati Favorites" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mister-wong.com/add_url/" onclick="location.href=&quot;http://www.mister-wong.com/index.php?action=addurl&amp;bm_url=&quot;+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+&quot;&amp;bm_description=&quot;+encodeURIComponent(document.title);return false" title="Add this page to Mister Wong" target="_top"><img src="http://www.mister-wong.com/img/en/wong.gif" alt="Add this page to Mister Wong" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bloglines.com/sub/http://stampoutsoftwarecrime.blogspot.com/"><br /><img src="http://static.bloglines.com/images/sub_modern10.gif" border="0" alt="Subscribe with Bloglines" /><br /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5462303712588345627-2799771591716255426?l=stampoutsoftwarecrime.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>ydontyou.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09481371156093589809noreply@blogger.com0