[ EEPI-Discuss ] Major Pirated DVD Raid in L.A.

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-raids15jun15,0,7189365.story?coll=la-home-business

A onetime street vendor who allegedly turned from selling bags of
mangos to running a growing bootleg DVD operation was arrested in
Los Angeles early Tuesday as police seized movies worth an estimated
$500,000.

  ...

The raids by 20 LAPD detectives and a group of Motion Picture Assn.
of America investigators was one of the largest aimed at pulling
back the curtain on the city's growing and perplexing network of
individuals who trade in illegally reproduced movies.

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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  - Electronic Entertainment Policy Initiative - http://www.eepi.org
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