Police seize 35,000 pirated DVDs in Sydney

MUMBAI: Police and investigators from the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) raided two video stores in Campsie and Fairfield, Sydney where pirated movies were allegedly being sold for $10 each. The raid yielded 35,000 pirated DVDs.

The police also seized over 20,000 DVDs, two computers, 22 DVD-R burners and two printers from the two shops and a house where too the act of piracy was in progress. The seized DVDs included infringing copies of Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince and The Hangover.