Taiwan police dismantle ring

Written by Patrick Frater

Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Story Categories: Internet, Piracy, regulation, Taiwan,

HONG KONG -- Police in Taiwan's capital, Taipei, arrested two men and two women Friday during a raid on a website operator and a DVD-R burner lab.

Police, who were acting on information from the Taiwan Foundation Against Copyright Theft and from the Motion Picture Assn., seized 171 burners, 14,000 blank discs and 40,000 pirated DVDs. Titles included "The Last Mimzy," "Transformers" and "Underdog."

The lab was operated by a group that offers pirate movies for sale through partners and street vendors. The Buyxbox website was part of a decentralized sales system involving 50 associate members and 1,000 linked websites.

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Robert Jones: ASIA WHO CARES - GO TO HOLLYWOOD BLVD -5 for $20.00 !!!! http://ipaasia.biz/

We just love these articules that SPOTLIGHT PIRACY IN ASIA
Just driive 15 mintues from any Major Hollywood studio
right in thier own back yard - Down Town L.A.
OR Hollywood Blvd you can buy the latest and greatest hits
5 for $20.00 usd - great copies too !!!
Even Canal Street in New York Cit Tribeca Country
Think The studios cant even control the pirates 15 mins
from thier home office !!! what a shame
Man it this was my stuff - I will be all over this !!!
stepping HARD ON THESE FOLKS STEALING MY STUFF right
in YOUR Own back yard -
Better yet the pirates have even changed the logo
and music at the beginning of the film to take credit
for the Copy - a new "Branded Version of Pirate "
TALK A BOLD MAJOR STUDIO BRANDING !!!! XXX PRESENTS
Bob Jones
IPA- ASIA -PACIFIC

June 11, 2008

VA web editor: In your face

You'll be pleased to know that I passed on your message to the MPA folk in Asia. Their response was "we know, we know" and a guilty look. That said, piracy can be pretty in yer face. Yesterday I bought a DVD of "Sex and the City" from a stall that also had "Indiana Jones 4" and "Iron Man." Where was this? Opposite the Shanghai Film Centre, where the 'A-list' festival is taking place.

June 16, 2008

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