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Article: FAST Triggers Trading Standards Raid Using New Copyright Powers; Section 107A Used for the First Time by London Authority to Tackle Software Suspect.
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- September 17, 2008
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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 September 2008-FAST: FAST Triggers Trading Standards Raid Using New Copyright Powers; Section 107A Used for the First Time by London Authority to Tackle Software Suspect(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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The Metropolitan Police and Trading Standards have conducted the first anti-piracy raid using new powers granted under section 107A of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 implemented in April 2007.
The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), working on behalf of one of its members, supplied detailed information on the individual who was selling what appeared to be unlawful copies of software from his ...