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Our Government has always been one step behind when trying to legislate for technology. Since the Computer Misuse Act 1990 we've had very broad definitions of what can constitute a punishment under the law. Now the Intellectual Property Office is continuing this bad trend while blurring the lines between the different kinds of copyright breach. A consultation has been launched that threatens to increase existing criminal penalties for online file sharing from a maximum of 2 years, to a maximum of 10 years' imprisonment.
Everyone has been guilty of file sharing at some point in time. The technologic age that we live in has really blurred the lines on what is appropriate an not appropriate when it comes to "sharing". Social media for example, I feel is at fault for allot of the infringements that have been occurring. In this day and age it is really easy to share things with friends an family and I feel the laws should be re-written, as technology evolves, I feel the laws should as well.
Laws on copyright infringement are getting getting more serious. They're putting out imprisonment punishments for pirating that are longer than before, helping in the fight against pirating