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UK government outlines new measures in piracy clampdown

The UK government has outlined a number of new measures in an effort to clamp…

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UK IPO: 23% of UK internet users illegally access TV programmes

Some 23% of UK internet users consumed TV programmes illegally in the past three months,…

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UK government: 15% of web users watch content illegally

Approximately 6.7 million UK internet users, some 15%, consumed at least one item of online…

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Illegal streaming boxes ‘threaten copyright progress’

Adapted set-top boxes that let users illegally stream premium content risk undermining recent progress in…

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UK rights bodies team up with search engines in copyright fight

Various UK rights associations have partnered with search engines Google and Bing in a government-backed…

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UK government: streaming services up, piracy down

A “steep rise” in the use of streaming services like Netflix and Spotify has coincided…

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iPlayer accounts for 62% of UK TV streaming, says government

Some 15 million UK internet users have now accessed a TV programme online, with the…