Record Industry Helps Bust Counterfeit Ring
New York, March 15, 2001
Redirecting its legal energies momentarily from the assault against
online file-sharer Napster, the Recording Industry Assn. of America said
Thursday it has helped to bust a Gotham-based ring of counterfeit CD
distributors. The U.S. Secret Service, assisted by the RIAA's
anti-piracy unit, turned up more than 20,000 already-recorded CD-Rs --
along with the 1,200-odd master discs used to record them -- during
raids at illicit makeshift distribution operations in Queens and
Manhattan on March 8, Among the titles being unlawfully duped were
works from Brooklyn rapper Jay-Z, Santana and the Beatles. The RIAA said
charges are pending against two suspects involved in the distribution
scheme.
Reuters: http://news.findlaw.com/e_variety/s/20010315/bcmusiccounterfeit.html
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