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TWO YEAR JAIL TERM FOR ILLEGAL DVD WAREHOUSE 'SHOPKEEPER'
A man working in an illegal DVD ‘warehouse’ in London, E2 is behind bars after the court heard that 36,000 pirate and 7,000 hardcore pornographic DVDs were found there.
Tower Hamlets Council’s Lead Member for Cleaner Safer Greener Councillor Abdal Ullah said: “Our trading standards and legal teams work very hard with the police and with FACT to crackdown on the trade of illegal DVDs in the borough. This was a huge result for them all – it was one of the biggest hauls of illegal DVDs we’ve had in the borough.
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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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