Caught Red-Handed

The following are prime examples of how pirating is not so good, for both our economy and for you (if you’re the pirated dealer):

From BBC World: April 21, 2008

Counterfeit haul seized from home

“About £750,000 worth of counterfeit goods have been seized by police in a raid on a house in Edinburgh.”

“The haul included 5975 movie DVD's, 2300 MP3 discs, 300 video games, 868 computer software discs, 1000 blank discs and 885 pornographic DVD's.”

“A USB drive, two multi-burners, four hard drives and one laptop computer were also seized. The operation was run jointly with the Federation Against Copyright Theft and took place on Wednesday 16 April.”

“Police are following a positive line of enquiry in relation to the seizure.”

“Among the titles seized include recent releases such as American Gangster, The Assassination of Jesse James, Sleuth, The Bucket List and St Trinian's.”

“A police spokesman said: "This raid was an excellent example of joint co-operation and intelligence sharing between ourselves and Federation Against Copyright Theft, and we are delighted with the results.”

From the Evening Post: April 18, 2008

FAKE DVD 'INDUSTRY' HIDDEN UNDER STAIRS

“Simon Fry produced more than 400 counterfeit films and games on equipment under the stairs of his council home in Blaise Walk, Bristol Crown Court heard. The films included Batman Begins, The Incredibles, Meet the Fockers, Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith and The Scorpion King.”

“Mr Whittle said several similar or more serious cases were pending in Bristol and the counterfeiting of DVDs and games software was costing local shops many tens of thousands of pounds a year.”

“He was handed a 10-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to carry out 120 hours of unpaid work in the community.””He will also pay £1,000 towards the £8,760 prosecution costs.”




You may think, you’re just burning just a DVD, but in reality, it’s a major crime. Nowadays, many people do have CD/DVD writers, and I think it’s ok to have some pirated movies and music in your collection, but the different is buying the pirated entertainment. I think, as long as you download movies/music and DON’T sell it, then it should be ok. I mean everyone has something pirated in his or her household. If you do sell pirated entertainment, there is a huge chance you will be caught. You will be sent to jail and may have to pay up to $100,000 dollars. It’s not worth the charges to sell pirated software. Imagine if you had a family. Look at how you going to jail would impact them. You may make a few extra bucks, but honestly knowing the criminal offences, is it really worth it?

This is a video of pirated DVD'S in Malaysia

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0w_bd5nblqE

Sources

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7358207.stm

http://www.thisisbristol.co.uk/displayNode.jsp?nodeId=145365&command=displayContent&sourceNode=145191&contentPK=20428480