Police raid on Pay TV piracy
Police have raided an outfit in Sydney's west which was allegedly selling unlicensed pay TV packages of over 1000 channels for $50 a month.
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Police yesterday raided an outfit in Sydney’s west which was allegedly selling unlicensed pay TV packages of over 1000 channels for $50 a month.
The channels offered a mix of Asian language content, plus western content from MTV, Discovery, ESPN, CNN, HBO, Fox, BBC, NBC, a 3D movie channel and adult entertainment channels.
A 42-year-old man was charged with “possessing a device with the intent to be used to make infringing copy” and “distributing infringing copy of a work with intent to trade/profit”.
The raid in Ashfield was sparked by TVB Group, a Chinese language content giant that hired a private investigation firm.
Michael Speck, former head of Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI), has also identified 100 Australian customers who were using the service and said they would be pursued as they were “receivers of stolen property”.
The raid follows a similar one conducted on December 14 in Hurstville, which saw a man arrested for allegedly selling $500 set-top boxes and unlicensed pay TV subscription packages.
The arrested man was granted bail and will appear at Burwood Local Court on February 22.
Source: The Age