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The pressure on peer to peer users is constantly growing and people start to think about their illegal actions way more in these days. The recent shocking decision of the US court which fined an American woman with enormous $220.000 fine for downloading 24 songs launched a whole new wave of lawsuits and legal actions. Australian branch of IFPI called MIPI (Music Industry Piracy Investigations) raided a house of a country music trader yesterday in Kelso near Bathurst, seizing in excess of 2,000 pirated CDs, extensive CD burning equipment, a computer and printing equipment.
The male trader was allegedly selling burnt country music CDs to unsuspecting market goers at the Bathurst and Orange markets. MIPI immediately took steps to contact the operator of the Bathurst Markets following complaints received from the general public. The market operator refused to take any active steps to assist to identify or stop the pirate trader selling at the markets. After investigation and surveillance, MIPI operatives traced the pirate trader to an address at Kelso near Bathurst. The matter was referred to the Chifley Target Action Group of the NSW Police who acted promptly to apply and execute the search warrant today. The seized CDs included music by Slim Dusty, Lee Kernaghan, Faith Hill, Adam Brand, Randy Travis and Shannon Noll.
Cheryl Hayes, General Manager of the Country Music Association of Australia, has congratulated the combined efforts of MIPI and the NSW Police in uncovering this matter and acting so swiftly to shut down the piracy of Australian country music. She said “At the end of the day, illegal copying of music is pure theft and this illegal activity robs country music artists and the music industry of well deserved earnings”. While we all know that selling warez for money is simply bad, it just happens in every country and news like this send a clear message to all those traders: you’re risking a serious consequences…
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