COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS ACT 2000
Anti-Piracy Laws were significantly upgraded by the introduction,
on 1st January, of the first ever complete revision of the
old 1963 Copyright Act.
Stiff penalties and increased jail time were included, as
well as provisions for streamlining criminal procedures. Piracy
is now, for the first time, an arrestable offence.
CDR PIRACY |
Copying music onto CDR is currently the fastest growing
form of piracy. Blank CDRs are readily available and
inexpensive. Many home PCs now come with integrated
CDR burners. While CDR copies are very simple to spot,
detecting CDR piracy is not so simple.
CDRs are often produced to order, from lists passed
around in schools and businesses. Door-to-door "salesmen"
often take orders for delivery the following week. Quantities
being produced are therefore smaller and more easily
concealed. The "underground" nature of CDR
piracy makes it the biggest single physical piracy threat
to the record industry.
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RAIDS |
Since the start of the year, raids have been carried
out in Dublin (3), Ashbourne (2), Buttevant, Cavan,
Athy, Fairyhouse and Clara. Approximately 2,500 CDRs
were siezed.
A computer and a small no. of CDRs were seized in a
raid on a house in Dublin. Bootleg concert recordings
were being supplied to orders made on a website.
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MARKETS, SUMMER FESTIVALS
AND STREET MONITORING |
We continuously check car boot sales, Sunday markets,
summer festivals and city streets for pirate sellers.
Warrants are obtained wherever necessary. For certain
summer festivals, we obtain warrants in advance. No
music piracy has been observed on the Dublin streets
this year.
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INTERNET PIRACY |
IRMA now has the capability to search for and locate
illegal sound files on the internet. Irish based websites
are dealt with by IRMA directly.
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REPORTS |
All reports of piracy or suspected piracy should be
forwarded to piracy@irma.ie
Or you can fill out our online
piracy report form here.
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