Today I found on a German website information, which I think are surely of interest for some of you. The German computer magazine Chip Online.de reported yesterday that seven Germans sold approximately 13.000 pirate copies of music CDs and DVDs via eBay!
Allegedly the pirated disks were hard to distinguish from the originals and the copyright owners lost about 140.000 Euro as a result of this illegal activity. They were accused and indicated by the public prosecution, because of professional offences against the copyright law.
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They probably have obtained pirated copies of music CDs and DVDs from Eastern Europe . The German copies, which hardly differed from the originals were completed with cases and then auctioned off over eBay. According to the Federal association, at least 13.000 cases are accredited to these persons. Approximately 140.000 Euro were lost to the rightful copyright owners as a result from this illegal trade. On searches, introduced by the public prosecution Nuernberg, the officials found approximately 3.000 pirate copies as well as several PCS and peripheral devices. The accused ones are indicated because of professional offences against the copyright law. According to the Federal association "Phono" the determinations still persist. |
Do they really believe that the officials are that stupid and can't figure them out when they sell counterfeited disks via eBay? This works maybe when you sell a few disks a month but surely not when you sell that high amount of disks.
The article above is a free translation; those are interested can read the full German article over at Chip.de
Source: Chip.de
