City of London Police Launch Intellectual Property Crime Unit
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City of London Police Launch Intellectual Property Crime Unit
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#2Press Release from the City of London Police with more information: http://www.cityoflondon.police.uk/CityPolice/Departments/ECD...
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#4> The unit will also be focused on influencing online behaviour by site owners, service providers and consumers through education, prevention and enforcement activity, and providing offenders where appropriate with opportunities to accept restorative justice.
Er... is that implying that a police unit is being given judicial powers?
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#5I skipped the word 'property' on my first take...
> UK Launches Intellectual Crime Unit
Mistake or premonition?
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#6> The unit will also be focused on influencing online behaviour by site owners, service providers and consumers through education, prevention and enforcement activity, and providing offenders where appropriate with opportunities to accept restorative justice. Er... is that implying that a police unit is being given judicial powers?
Well we're fucked then. The police are not domain experts on the law. They are the halfwit broken outsourcing company.
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#7> The unit will also be focused on influencing online behaviour by site owners, service providers and consumers through education, prevention and enforcement activity, and providing offenders where appropriate with opportunities to accept restorative justice. Er... is that implying that a police unit is being given judicial powers?
They already have them.. with fines and cautions. You can take those judgements to the judicial branch for appeal, but the initial power lies with the police.
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#8I don't like the BPI, they investigated me and made me take my website down (they came to my house, it was a fun day).
However, I must credit them as they warn people before taking them to court. So, if you're a website owner in the UK. I'm just giving you a heads up to say that if you're being investigated, they will probably contact you in person.
I do think the BPI have definately gone too far, they currently trying to get Grooveshark blocked from popular UK ISPs. The BPI only exists to monopolize the music industry.
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#9> The unit will also be focused on influencing online behaviour by site owners, service providers and consumers through education, prevention and enforcement activity, and providing offenders where appropriate with opportunities to accept restorative justice. Er... is that implying that a police unit is being given judicial powers?
Well we're fucked then. The police are not domain experts on the law. They are the halfwit broken outsourcing company.
If you disagree with a penalty issued by the police, you can appeal to the judicial branch.
Allowing the police to deal with certain minor infractions themselves is far more efficient than the alternative; ordering every offender to appear before a magistrates' court even for the most minor infraction, such as a speeding ticket.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Well we're fucked then. The police are not domain experts on the law. They are the halfwit broken outsourcing company.
If you disagree with a penalty issued by the police, you can appeal to the judicial branch. Allowing the police to deal with certain minor infractions themselves is far more efficient than the alternative; ordering every offender to appear before a magistrates' court even for the most minor infraction, such as a speeding ticket.
You'd think but the two penalties I've been issued by the police which were speeding and talking on a phone whilst driving were wrong. I wasn't doing either. The first one was trickery by the officer who persuaded me to admit to it as it's be easier. The second, i was actually scratching my head after chicken pox.
Both of those i had to appeal and won instantly when talking to the magistrate.
Allowing these morons to issue fines and penalties for more complicated issues such as in this case is a very bad idea.