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News 2008

December

18/12/2008 SYDNEY MARKET VENDOR ARRESTED AGAIN FOR SELLING COUNTERFEIT MUSIC AND MOVIES
16/12/2008 MOVIE PIRACY OPERATION HIDING BEHIND FRONT, ENDED BY POLICE
4/12/2008 FEDERAL POLICE CHARGE ORGANISERS OF ILLEGAL MOVIE BITTORRENT TRACKER SITE WITH MONEY LAUNDERING

November

26/11/2008 AFP RAID ON SYDNEY CBD INTERNET CAFÉ RESULTS IN $82,000 FINE AND FORFEITURE OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT
24/11/2008 "DVD PIRACY IS FAR FROM A VICTIMLESS CRIME,” SAYS MINISTER FOR HOME AFFAIRS
23/11/2008 POLICE RAID 'TRASH & TREASURE' PIRATES
20/11/2008 FILM INDUSTRY LAUNCHES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST iiNET TO PREVENT ONLINE PEER-TO-PEER COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
10/11/2008 POLICE SWOOP ON SYSTEMIC MARKET PIRACY
8/11/2008 230,000 PIRATED MOVIE DVDS DESTROYED UNDER SUPERVISION
1/11/2008 POLICE GATECRASH MEMBERS ONLY PIRATE OPERATION

September

25/09/2008 VICTORIAN POLICE PULL THE PLUG ON THIRD PLAYER IN NATIONAL PIRACY SYNDICATE
5/09/2008 HOME DELIVERY MOVIE PIRATE FINED $22,500
4/09/2008 INTERNET PIRATE CAUGHT IN POLICE NET – AGAIN

August

15/08/2008 VICTORIAN POLICE NAB PENSIONER PIRATE
13/08/2008 HOME DELIVERY MOVIE PIRATE CAUGHT BY POLICE
6/08/2008 IP AWARENESS TRUST MEDIA RELEASE - 'Neighbours' Stars Go Back to School to help launch film & TV copyright program for one million Australian school students
1/08/2008 PUBLIC TIP OFF TAKES OUT PIRATE MOVIE BURNER LAB AND RETAIL OPERATION

July

23/07/2008 UNRELEASED MOVIE - THE BANK JOB – SEIZED IN PIRACY RAID
22/07/2008 POLICE RAID MOVIE PIRATE TWICE IN 6 DAYS

June

13/06/2008 THOUSANDS OF PIRATED DVDS SEIZED IN TWO RAIDS IN SYDNEY TODAY
05/06/2008 POLICE BUST CONVENIENCE STORE SELLING PIRATED DVDS
04/06/2008 PIRATED "SEX AND THE CITY" MOVIE FOUND DURING RAID ON CABRAMATTA DVD STORES

May

21/05/2008 PIRATED DVD MOVIES AND FAKE HANDBAGS SEIZED IN BLACKTOWN RAID
20/05/2008 MAN GUILTY OF DRUG AND MOVIE PIRACY CRIMES
18/05/2008 PIRATED MOVIE DVDS AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY FOUND AT CAMPSIE MARKETS

April

02/04/2008 POLICE DAWN RAID BUSTS MOVIE PIRACY RING

March

13/03/2008 THAI TAKEAWAY MOVIE PIRATE FINED $4,000
11/03/2008 PIRATE MOVIE OPERATION RAIDED THREE TIMES IN FOUR MONTHS

February

26/02/2008 BALLINA MOVIE PIRATES STRIPPED OF BURNING EQUIPMENT AND FINED $9,000
19/02/2008 MARKET MOVIE PIRATE FINED $5,000
12/02/2008 RAID ON REMOTE COUNTRY MOVIE PIRATE CLOSES DOWN BURNER LAB AND REAPS HAUL OF 2,000 PIRATED DVDS
11/02/2008 AUSTRALIA SECOND ONLY TO CHINA IN NUMBER OF PIRATED DISCS SEIZED
07/02/2008 VICTORIAN MAGISTRATE WARNS DVD PIRATES

January

30/1/2008 MAN AT CENTRE OF PIRATE DVD RING FINED $22000
22/01/2008 VICTORIAN POLICE BUST BIGGEST EVER MOVIE PIRATE OPERATIONS IN AUSTRALIA

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