UK government considers 10-year jail terms for piracy

A period of consultation has led our government to think that 10 years in prison is a suitable punishment for sharing copyrighted material online. The figure was arrived at by Baroness Rolfe and her thinkers, and is the result of an almost year-long consultation into whether two years in jail is enough, or whether an extra eight is required. "These offences are currently punishable by a maximum of two years' imprisonment.
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