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| Cracking down on goods counterfeiters |
All |
| New York City Councilmember Eric Gioia is calling on the NYPD and the FBI to crack down on a thriving counterfeit goods industry that has left a particularly indelible mark amid the city’s financial woes. |
USA |
01/06/2009 |
CIB-9-0004 |
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| More than $270 million in counterfeit goods seized |
All |
| The government seized more than $270 million in counterfeit and pirated goods over the past year, a 38 percent increase over 2007. |
USA |
01/08/2009 |
CIB-9-0010 |
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| 84 mln illegal, obscene publications seized in 2008 |
Books |
| China confiscated about 83.84 million pornographic, pirated and unauthorized publications in 2008, the national anti-pornography and anti-piracy office said in a press release Tuesday. |
China |
1/13/2009 |
CIB-9-0024 |
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| RM2mil in pirated discs seized by cops |
Movies |
| PENANG police’s Commercial Crime Department seized nearly 350,0000 copies of pirated VCDs and DVDs in 540 raids last year, more than seven times the 45,000 copies seized in 2007. |
Malaysia |
1/17/2009 |
CIB-9-0035 |
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| IFPI publishes Digital Music Report 2009 |
Music |
| “Global digital music sales grow as music industry develops new business models” |
UK |
1/16/2009 |
CIB-9-0031 |
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| Europol seizes euro34M in false euro notes in 2008 |
Currency |
| Europol says it seized euro34 million ($45.5 million) worth of counterfeit euros in 2008. |
Europe |
01/12/2009 |
CIB-9-0023 |
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