The UK Software Management and Licensing Conference
21st April 2010
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Government Consultation Responses
The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) is a stakeholder in the UK Intellectual Property Office's IP Crime Strategy. As such The Federation is invited by Government through the UKIPO, DIUS and BERR to respond to consultation papers issued on various matters concerning intellectual property rights and related areas.
The Federation consults widely with member law firms of the Federation Legal Advisory Group (FLAG) in drawing up such responses.
The following paragraphs précis the submissions made by The Federation in answer to consultation papers. The full responses are available to Federation Members in the Members Area.
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May 2009 |
Response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Communications’ Inquiry: ‘Can we keep our hands off the net?’ |
The Federation welcomed the All-Party Group’s inquiry into Internet Traffic particularly given the background of the Digital Britain considerations. Given the Federation’s interest in ensuring that software intellectual property rights receive their deserved protection, our response was focused on the Committee’s question 1 which asked when ISPs should be forced to act to deal with some types of “bad” traffic and when solutions should be found elsewhere. The Federation believes that under present legislation ISPs are permitted to release data on request and suggests that ISP often cite concerns over data protection as a commercial foil to legal considerations. In this paper the Federation argues that software vendors must be able to deal with infringers with the minimum of hurdles and feels that ISPs should provide personal data relating to an IP address to rights holders on a proper request, without a court order being needed. |
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