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Illegal Internet Activity Research Service

IIARS stands for Illegal Internet Activity Research Service. It was founded in Manchester in 2009 after new laws were introduced to help govern and control illegal downloading from sites, such as The Pirate Bay. IIARS runs in line with the Government and users ISP's to help find perpetrators and serve them the correct punishment.

So far to this date of 11/03/2012 1,194 illegal downloaders have been caught and issue a serious, formal warning. 72 Cases were brought to the courts and only 7 were only ever prosecuted.

There are currently 17 members working on this UK Copyright operation.