PCWorld.com reports that last Monday the RIAA and the U.S. Secret Service raided an alleged music piracy operation in New York, seizing what they say is the largest quantity of recording equipment used for music piracy in the United States to date.
The RIAA worked in conjunction with the Secret Service on a two-month investigation before charging into the operation located in Queens, New York, the RIAA said in the statement. Three suspects were arrested; and 35,000 recordable CDs, 10,000 DVDs, and hundreds of CD copying devices were confiscated. |
The RIAA charges that the alleged pirates in New York provided copied material to retail locations and distribution centers on Canal Street in Manhattan. The group could have churned out at least 6 million discs each year and cost the industry an estimated $90 million annually, according to the statement.
Source: PCWorld.com
