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82 However, it has endeavoured to maintain the right to educational fair use of film material, recognising that protection of the rights of the owners of intellectual property have to be balanced with the gains to society of educational endeavour and creativity from the intellectual property’s reuse. 21 Stephen Street London W1T 1LN Tel +44 (0) 20 7255 1444 Email richard.paterson@bfi.org.uk Web www.bfi.org.uk British Video Association Lavinia Carey, Director General, British Video Association; Chair, Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy; Director, Federation Against Copyright Theft The BVA represents the interests of the home entertainment market. Our members include the UK distribution divisions of the major film studios and independents, television companies and independent video publishers, plus the manufacturers and suppliers to the industry. In all they represent 90% of the UK market. The BVA supports FACT in its PR and lobbying activities. The BVA has also registered a new company, the Industry Trust for IP Awareness, a non-profit making company limited by guarantee. It is an all industry partnership whose members contribute to the Trust to create an anti-piracy fund. The approx £1.5 million budget will be distributed between contributions to FACT, to the Alliance and to a national consumer awareness building campaign that will support the Motion Picture Association's new anti-piracy cinema trailers with press, posters and PR and a 4,000 store promotion to increase retail and consumers understanding of the importance of IP protection, the links with organised crime and where to report incidents of video piracy. 167 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PE Tel +44 (0) 20 7436 0041 Web www.bva.org.uk Cinema Exhibitors' Association John Wilkinson – Chief Executive The Cinema Exhibitors' Association is the dedicated industry body for those involved in cinema exhibition in the UK. It represents the interests of almost every UK cinema exhibitor including Odeon, Vue (Warner), UCI, UGC, Cineworld, National Amusements, Apollo Cinemas, Ster Century and smaller circuits. In their conditions of entry into cinemas, exhibitors remind customers that recording of films and music within a cinema is not allowed. Staff training highlights the importance of being alert to the possibilities of illegal copying and the action to be taken. The CEA encourages cinema staff to patrol cinema premises when the public is present and member operators follow the industry protocol for receipt, storage and dispatch of films in their cinemas. Operators can act as the eyes and ears of the industry, reporting breaches of copyright rules to the distributor, FACT, local licensing officers and local trading standards offices. The new rules under Section 182 of the Licensing Act 2003 will enhance the importance of cinema staff in the fight against misuse of copyright material. 22 Golden Square London W1F 9JW Tel +44 (0) 20 7734 9551 Fax +44 (0) 207 734 6147 Email cea@cinemauk.fetch.co.uk Web Under construction
Cinesite (Europe) Ltd Colin Brown, CEO Cinesite Cinesite (Europe) Ltd Medius House 2 Sheraton Street London W1F 8BH Tel +44 (0) 20 7973 4000 Fax +44 (0) 20 7973 4326 Email brown@cinesite.co.uk Web www.cinesite.com Federation Against Copyright Theft Raymond Leinster, Director General Jim Angell, Director of Operations The Federation Against Copyright Theft Ltd (FACT) is a non-profitmaking company set up to protect the Film and Broadcasting Industry against copyright and trademark infringements in the UK. FACT, although not a statutory authority or public body, is an accepted prosecuting authority in its own right. This has been achieved over a period of 21 years by custom and practice. It has involved FACT in prosecuting major criminals within the film piracy scene through the criminal courts. It has resulted in many custodial sentences of a significant length. In terms of anti-piracy effectiveness, FACT seized nearly 2 million units of all types of film work in 2003. FACT Ltd 7 Victory Business Centre Worton Road Isleworth Middlesex TW7 6DB Tel +44 (0) 20 8568 6646 Fax +44 (0) 20 8560 6364 Email contact@fact-uk.org.uk Web www.fact-uk.org.uk Film Distributors’ Association Ltd Mark Batey, Chief Executive The Film Distributors’ Association (FDA) is a long-standing member of the FACT Council and of the cross-industry Alliance Against Counterfeiting and Piracy. It compiles and publishes the UK’s Film Print Management Protocol, which seeks in practical ways to make it as difficult as possible for piracy to originate from the UK theatrical sector. The FDA invests in research, jointly with the BVA and BPI, to gauge levels of downloading among UK cinemagoers, and also encourages, and contributes frequently to, press coverage of film piracy. Anti-piracy activity is a regular topic at FDA Council meetings and in its dealings with other industry bodies. 22 Golden Square London W1F 9JW Tel +44 (0) 20 7437 4383 Email info@fda.uk.net Web www.launchingfilms.com Motion Picture Association – Europe Chris Marcich, Senior Vice President & Managing Director Dara MacGreevy, Vice President & Regional Director Anti-Piracy MPA represents: Buena Vista International, Inc. Columbia TriStar Films Distributors International Inc. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. Paramount Pictures Corporation Twentieth Century Fox International Corporation Universal International Films Inc. Warner Bros. Pictures International, a division Film theft in the UK | 83
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Film theft in the UK Anti-Piracy Ta
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Contents 1 Chair’s foreword . . .
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4 1 Chair’s foreword The pirate i
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