This Act amends the criminal provisions in intellectual property law, more specifically the law relating to copyright, rights in performances, fraudulent reception of conditional access transmissions by use of unauthorised decoders and trade marks. The Act brings about some rationalisation of these criminal provisions by removing some of the differences. The three areas in which rationalisation is provided by the Act are maximum penalties for certain offences in intellectual property law, police search and seizure powers relating to offences and court orders on forfeiture of illegal material that may have been seized during investigation of offences. The Act does not make any changes to the scope of criminal offences in intellectual property law so that the type of behaviour that can give rise to an offence remains the same.
2. What is the role of Ofcom?
Ofcom is the communications regulator. We regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms and mobiles, plus the airwaves over which wireless devices operate.
3.How do you think downloading TV programs and films for free have affected TV and film industries? find facts to back your case.
if people dont buy the films distributed by the industries it means they dont get the money to fund their movies and won't be able to make more movies for us. also actors won't get paid and won't act in films or tv shows and then they will go bankrupt and nobody will ever get to watch a film again :) and the end. dont do it.
4.Do you agree with the new copyright download proposal set out by Ofcom? Why?
no, people will still find a way to download music so it wont make that much difference
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