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2003
Piracy Report |
CDR PIRACY |
Copying music onto CDR remains 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 |
Raids in 2003 were carried out in Drogheda, Inch,
Kart City, Balbriggan, Clara, Fairyhouse, Windsor, Long
Mile Road, Kildare and Mountrath markets.
Approximately 20,000 CDRs and 1,000 tapes were seized in 2003.
A total of 60 burners and 8 printer/scanner combination units were
also seized in various house raids.
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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. Approximately 250 infringing
files were taken down in 2003.
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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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