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08 Nov 2007
The Federation Against Software Theft (The Federation) has leant its weight to a campaign by Trading Standards (TS) to uncover counterfeit software supply chains in Cardiff.
Commencing this morning, Trading Standards is cold calling resellers in Cardiff to identify counterfeit software. Through its investigations it has already discovered a distributor supplying counterfeit disks to five resellers.
John Lovelock, director general for The Federation, said: “Without the FAST, TS could only identify copyright offences. The Federation identifies the software and provides an expert to confirm that it is counterfeit.”
Dave Holland, for Cardiff TS, said: “Trading standards may now work in cooperation with representative bodies to enforce the law surrounding copyright infringement.
The law has strengthened our position, giving copyright offences the attention they should have received 13 years ago when first entered into the statute book.
“Trading Standards can not operate with its hands tied – we can now move forward to address something that has been ignored for far too long.”
Lovelock added: “The campaign is not out to get the resellers, it want to work with them up the food chain to identify the supplier at the top. The Fast feels sorry for resellers, as there are so many companies in a chain that it is not unusual for them to get caught in the illegal software trap.
“If it is seems good to be true then it usually is. If a reseller is concerned about the software it is purchasing then contact the vendor or contact The Federation and we will confirm as to whether it is an original or not. There will be no come back on the reseller, by doing this, but we will want to know where they received it from.”
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