A 23 year old Dubai national has been fined for Dh. 10,000 for illegally downloading and using programmes from Showtime, Art and Orbit on his website.It was also ordered by the court to shut down the website of the convict with immediate effect.He was charged of unlawfully deciphering the encrypted channels — Art, Showtime and Orbit and downloading different programmes, which he broadcast in special forums on the website for a price.
The case was made out under Federal Law No. 7, 2007, of intellectual property rights, and Federal Law No. 2, 2006, of combating cyber crimes.
The Tale of Despereaux buy The site was operated from his home and the computer and CD’s of the pirated movie were siezed from the convict.
The part of the order read as follows -
:“The suspect said during the Public Prosecution questioning that he launched the website in 2005 … He hacked into others’ websites without permission, downloaded programmes and broadcast it to visitors.â€
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