Medialine reports that the Spanish police has seized about 1.7 million blank CD-R that were, according to the IFPI, most likely to be used for piracy.
The police dismanteld a network and also found industrial production machinery, software and extensive documentation:
Spanish Guardia Civil carried out the operation in collaboration with IFPI and the Spanish recording industry association and IFPI national group AFYVE. The raids follow from investigations earlier in the year, when the Spanish authorities put out of action a network involved in illegal copying of CD-Rs. The discs, manufactured in a clandestine plant, led to arrests and the seizure of nearly 5,000 pirated music CDs and 66 burners. Further analysis confirmed that most of the seized discs were produced in plants in the Aragé³n and Catalué±a regions, for their later distribution by a Madrid-based company. |
In the latest action, police simultaneously raided two companies suspected of involvement in distribution, and three plants engaged in the illegal manufacturing of CD-Rs without the authorization of the patent owner.
Source: Medialine
