FAST has started 17 auction piracy actions against individuals selling counterfeit software via eBay by the Software and Information Industry Association in the US.

“It does not take a rocket scientist to work out that software that should cost upwards of £100 that is being sold on an auction site for a few pounds is likely to be illegal,” said John Lovelock, chief executive of Fast.

Lovelock explained that, although the organisation’s focus remains on corporate misuse, and the use of high speed corporate internet links for questionable internet activity, it will be cracking down on individuals as well.

Fast says that copyright theft costs the UK economy millions of pounds in lost income every year.

Posted: 03|31|08 at 12:45 pm. Filed under: UK News.