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Largest Pirated DVD Laboratory Smashed in Hong Kong

by BBelew57 on October 25th, 2007

Customs officials smashed the largest DVD burning laboratory this year - 64,000 pirated discs - in Hong Kong.

The raid took place on seven DVD shops, seven street hawkers and a laboratory with 97 DVD-R burners.

Pirated versions of Chinese, American and Japanese movies and TV shows turned up said the Motion Picture Association.

The retail value of the DVDS - $258K.

The lab had the potential of 5 million pirated DVDs each year and $13 million in revenue.

Shops were busted, too.

"These crooks were not only cheating the owners of the pirated movies, but were also cheating consumers into spending their hard-earned cash on what they thought were legitimate movies," said the GM of nternational Federation Against Copyright Theft — Greater China.

One small step for cracking down….but it is a step.

Do you think pirating can be brought under control? 

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