Cracking down on Intellectual Property crime

In February of this year,a person in Flushing,N.Y. was sentenced to 27 months imprisonment followed by 3 yrs of supervised released and ordered to pay $201,620 in restitution after being convicted of charges related to computer fraud.
On March 4, Rolyn Abugan,24,of Corona,Calif.was charged with criminal copyright infringement for uploading on to the Internet a copy of the movie “ Finding Neverland.”

These were some of the first U.S. cases to be brought as a result of an 18 month,multinational software piracy investigation known as “Operation Higher Education”.

In recent years there has been a dramatic increase in cases of digital piracy and the system is responding with aggressive prosecution & tough sentences.

Intellectual Property crime generally falls into one of three categories:copyright violations, And trade secrets and trademark infringement.
When it comes to counterfeiting,everyone is an interested party,from the legitimate retailer,the distributor and the individual consumer.When all parties act together then it can be the best defence against these offenses.