Most readers in the UK have never illegally downloaded an e-book, according to a new report from The Intellectual Property Office in the UK. The research, looked at the behaviors of online copyright infringement in the UK, and found that only 1 percent of Internet users in the UK over the age of 12 had read any pirated e-books. (They were more likely to have downloaded music or movies). Good eReader has more: Why is ebook piracy virtually nonexistent in the United Kingdom? The government has taken an extremely hard-line against rogue websites. In June it was mandated that seven pirate websites were to be blocked by the largest internet service providers. There is even a new law currently being examined that would extend the amount of time e-book pirates would spend in jail. Currently the maximum sentence is two years and the government wants to dramatically increase it to ten.
