Question: Should the maximum custodial sentence available for online and offline copyright infringement of equal seriousness be harmonised at 10 years? Please justify your answer and support with evidence where possible. (Guide: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/388238/consult-2011-copyright-evidence.pdf) - Dead link Full documentation at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/446515/Changes_to_penalties_for_online_copyright_infringement.pdf * We need to find countries with lower lengths of the sentence * CZ - 3 to 8 years for large scale infringement http://zakony-online.cz/?s10&q10=all (§ 270) * LU - 3 months to 2 years (Loi du 18 avril 2001 sur les droits d’auteur, les droits voisins et les bases de données) * NO - fines or up to 3 months (http://lovdata.no/lov/1961-05-12-2/§54) * AT- up to 6 months in jail or a fine http://www.fipr.org/copyright/guide/austria.htm * BE - fines or up to 2 years in prison http://www.wipo.int/wipolex/en/text.jsp?file_id=125254 * UK - "Typical" pentality 3 Months inprisonment and/or £5000 fine. Maximum 2 years inprisonment. Hybrid offences maximum 10 years & unlimited fine. (Source: www.cps.gov.uk/legal/h_to_k/intellectual_property_crime/#offences) * BG - fines http://solicitorbulgaria.com/index.php/bulgarian-copyright-and-neighbouring-rights-act * HR - fines or up to 5 years http://www.dziv.hr/files/file/eng/zakon_autor_eng.pdf * CY - fines http://www.worldipreview.com/article/a-changing-landscape-copyright-in-cyprus * DK - up to 6 years http://www.stopfakes.dk/consumer/consumer-guide/what-is-illegal-in-denmark.aspx * ES - art. 270, 271 and 274 penal code, last modification January 2015 (pages 68 to 70) http://www.congreso.es/public_oficiales/L10/CONG/BOCG/A/BOCG-10-A-66-4.PDF * https://www.boe.es/legislacion/codigos/codigo.php?id=038_Codigo_Penal_y_legislacion_complementaria&modo=1 * ES - 6 months to 4 years for getting economic benefit or sharing structured web links, then a fine from 12 to 24 months, so from 21.900 € to 43.800 € (fines are quantified in days. 1 day-fine = 60 €, if you don't pay, you go that day to jail) * ES - 6 months to 2 years if only carried occasionally * ES - 6 months to 3 years for breaking encryption codes * ES - Increased to 6 years in case of great economic profit * ES - 1 to 4 years in case of manufacturing, wholesale in case brand, trade infringment. 6 months to 3 yesrs if retail sale. All sentences doibled in case of serious offence. * Higher Lengths of Sentence * 2 guys condemned to 6 years for having a downloads site (mostly for printed press): http://www.elmundo.es/television/2015/03/05/54f8529b22601dc6648b456b.html 3 years for having a downloads site and 3 more for being a cryminal association. * Law went crazy in Spain. Corruption or raping a child is lesser punished than having a downloads site ... and up to 60M€ fine for having an unregistered solar pannel, if you declare it, pay 8000 € taxes and then pay 9cts for every KW you produce at your own home. Simply crazy. We don't have a model to compare with anything else...