Seizures and discoveries include in the US, more than $1.4 million in counterfeit goods being seized by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents... Also in the US, more than $1 million in assorted fake goods were seized from a house... Mexican law enforcement officers and military personnel conducted two major anti-piracy operations seizing over two million pirated discs... In the UK, border police have seized more than seven million cigarettes that criminals were attempting to smuggle into the country.
Cases and outcomes
include an important High Court decision in Ireland, allowing Eircom to proceed with cutting off internet access to illegal music downloaders, which may have major implications for all other internet service providers... A man in the US has been sentenced to a year in prison for conspiring to distribute counterfeit pharmaceuticals, and trafficking in pharmaceuticals bearing false labelling.
Policy developments include the Spanish government publishing for the first time text of proposed legislation to tackle illegal downloads... The latest round of negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement took place in New Zealand last week, with negotiators announcing that the ACTA text will be made public on 21 April 2010.
Studies and reports
out include one that finds a third of people believe it is acceptable to pirate software, according to new research carried out by Microsoft.
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