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£250,000 GLASGOW PIRATE DVD FACTORY RAIDED
An illegal 'factory' capable of producing over £250,000 worth of knock off DVDs per week was raided last week in Hillhead, Glasgow.
The rented premises contained DVD burners and over 8,000 discs ready to be distributed for sale.
No arrests were made at the premises and investigations are continuing.
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NORTHERN IRELAND MAN SENTENCED TO 12 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR COUNTERFEITING
Christopher Fearon, age 45, from Newry, Northern Ireland was sentenced to 12 months imprisonment, suspended for three years, following an investigation by the PSNI's Intellectual Property Unit, assisted by FACT.
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DVD COUNTERFEITING DUO SENTENCED TO A TOTAL OF 4 YEARS 6 MONTHS
WERE RUNNING AN ILLEGAL FACTORY WORTH £5
MILLION A YEAR
Yesterday [18.02.08] a DVD counterfeiting duo have been sentenced to a total of four years and six months for running an illegal factory worth £5 million a year.
The case, a long and highly complex prosecution, is the first of its kind for the Film Piracy Unit since it was established in 2006, funded by FACT [Federation Against Copyright Theft].
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HALF MILLION POUND A WEEK PIRATE DVD FACTORY RAIDED.
 
A large pirate DVD factory was raided yesterday in London SE14 by New Cross Safer Neighbourhoods Team and FACT.
250 burners were found, capable of producing over 170,000 knock-off DVDs a week with a street value of over half a million pounds per week.
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