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Police Nab 41,000 Pirated DVDs in Toronto Raid
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by Jarrett Martineau | March 18, 2008 at 12:30 pm
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A major police raid in Toronto has netted 41,000 illegal movie DVDs, resulting in two arrests.Police revealed Tuesday they raided six retail stores, a print shop and a home on March 13, working off a tip from investigators with the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association.
Among the items collected were 81 DVD burners, more than 3,500 blank recordable DVDs and equipment used to package and sell discs.
The Toronto Star reports two people have been charged with fraud and possession of property obtained by crime.
It marks the second major bust of its kind in Canada in the past month. Earlier in March, police seized 200,000 CDs and DVDs after raiding a Winnipeg operation.
At the time, the RCMP said the operation, known as Audiomaxxx, represented Canada's largest source of pirated CDs and DVDs, which were sold in North America, Europe and Jamaica.
They allege Audiomaxxx was burning 10,000 CDs and DVDs a day.
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at 02:34 on March 8th, 2009
Movie duplication is running rampid
these movies sell like hot cakes and Canada's the Party
If your Chinese .... you have it made in this country
All of the owners of these stores, which I might add, are public and can be seen operating 7 days a week are all of Cantonese decent
Nothing has been done so far in 2009, I have reported this a few months ago and still nothing has been done
And according to one of the owners, he really is not worried of his business being shut down and the equipment seized, he stated that it was just a small fine and then he is back up running business again
I have to be Chinese to get ahead in this great country
Pacific Mall, 4300 Steeles Avenue east, Markham, Ontario, there has to be 8-9 stores selling these duplicated DVD movies with the latest and hottest titles.
Chinese Mall, Brimely and Sheppard, Scarborough, Ontario, 4-5 stores
Chinese Mall, Dixie rd just south of Eglinton near a funeral home and very near to Toronto Police
4 stores
What bothers me is that the Police go there for Lunch and Nothing is done, they see these duplicated DVD's and the illegal businesses everyday they have lunch
If I am CHinese, can I operate an illegal business? Seems like they just pay a small fine, because I have talked to an operator of a store, he was not the least bit concerned of being fined or shut down
ALso, the management companies should also be fines everytime for Aiding of these crimes, renting them space to perform their illegal business
Canada is for the birds, had it been Canadian people, the Police would have been at their doorstep the second day of business to shut them down.
at 17:37 on April 8th, 2009
Get a grip. Must we head long send every penny to some millionaire fat cat's company? I can appreciate helping a misely artist, but there are few of them in movies.
If you are really mature you wouldn't be generally slamming Chinese immigrants. I know how it seems but you're a bit racist in generally maligning all of them (Vs your superior WASP status it seems).