Paul Merrell
- Name
- Paul Merrell
- Date case heard
- 02/02/2024
- Birmingham Crown Court
- Legislation
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Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Fraud Act 2006 - Plea
- Guilty
- Offence details
- Two offences. One offence of providing, promoting, advertising or marketing services, namely paid access to subscription based broadcast content of protected copyright works, to facilitate the circumvention of effective technological measures to protect copyright works, including those owned by British Telecommunications PLC and Sky UK Ltd, and one offence of defrauding the broadcasters, suppliers of subscription only copyrighted streaming content and those that held the copyright to the content.
- Fine/Penalty
-
12 months custody.
Confiscation order £91,254 - Costs
- £0.00 (requested £0.00)