RUSSIA:100 MILLION DVD PIRATE FACTORY….

[Anonymous]

100 million Russian DVD pirate factory uncovered
A
major DVD piracy operation in the the Kolpino district of St.
Petersburg has been uncovered by Russia’s anti-piracy forces and is the
country’s largest-ever pirate DVD factory.The site based in a former
pipe casting plant was investigated by the Russian Anti-Piracy
Organization before the Ministry of Interior’s Economic Crime
Department took over the case and was eventually raided by the local
Tax Police with the support of RAPO investigators.The investigators
found nine DVD lines along with ten DVD stampers and about 60,000
pirated discs. Further investigations found another 140 stampers along
with 50 tons of polycarbonate and a computer concealed within the roof
space of a workshop.

The authorities are stating that the
equipment installed at the plant was worth about €30 million and that
its pressing capacity was 100 million discs a year.RAPO director
Konstantin Zemchenkov, commented that cracking down on piracy was an
issue for both the international and local content industries.”The film
industry, both in terms of our local industry, which has been
revitalized over the last two years, and the international industry has
to be defended against those who would unscrupulously exploit the
creative efforts of others,” he says.

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March 19, 2007 at 9:40 AM