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Australia's biggest pirates busted |
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Written by Felix Da Silva (fdasilva@bitnip.com)
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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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 More than 250,000 DVD's and 100 DVD burners were seized from a home at
Sunshine North in Melbourne's west, following a tip off from neighbours.
As reported by ABC, many of the DVD's retrieved included new releases such as American Gangster
and I Am Legend, not yet available legally on DVD.
The director of operations for the Federation Against Copyright Theft, Neil
Gane, says police and governments have begun a major crackdown on the illegal
industry.
According to Mr. Gane,
Really we have to work with an education program to engage the public to
understand and respect the creative industries. Because the ultimate goal of any anti piracy campaign is to change consumer
attitudes from one of acceptance to one of rejection. What Mr. Gane said regarding any anti piracy campaign hits the nail on the head. If only more people would see it the way he does and actually spend more money on such campaigns, we'd definitely see a dramatic decrease in piracy.
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