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<p> </p><p>The Intellectual Property Office does not undertake any sort of monitoring
role in respect of advertising on illegal websites and has no plans to do so.</p><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Government does however support work undertaken by the Intellectual
Property Office funded Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit, who manage the Infringing
Website List (IWL) online portal. The IWL provides the digital advertising sector
with an up-to-date list of copyright infringing sites, identified by the creative
industries and evidenced and verified by the City of London Police unit, so that advertisers,
agencies and other intermediaries can stop advert placement on these illegal websites.</p><p>
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