RCMP investigators raided the Winnipeg-based shop of Audiomaxxx.com on Wednesday and seized 200,000 CDs and DVDs as well as computers, label-making machines and burning towers capable of copying 11,500 discs a day.
This seizure is a staggering amount of bootlegged goods! The article says that this alleged pirater and his cronies are responsible for 1/3 of all the bootleg material in Toronto. That's a busy little office. I guess the people who buy this stuff don't realize that you can get this stuff online, more or less for free. The deal must have been too good to refuse. I mean, colour printers can work serious wonders these days.
So the moral of the story is that crime doesn't pay... and neither does working in the music industry.
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What a mess!
Looks like the Conservatives jumped the gun on this one... my favourite quote is from Stockwell Day - [http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=830137]
"Counterfeiting and piracy are growing problems, both in Canada and around the world. The illegal reproduction of CDs and DVDs, which often involves organized crime, has very serious economic and social consequences for consumers and businesses across the country. Piracy and counterfeiting also affect the Canadian economy, corporate and government revenues and investor confidence."
Now that's a smear.
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