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愛知県西尾市、半田市、豊田市などの店舗で海賊版DVD-Rを販売、3人を逮捕 (愛知県警察本部生活経済課・豊田警察署) February.07.2014

Operations by Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters Consumer and Economic Crime Division, and Toyota Police Station

On February 6, 2014, officers from the Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters Consumer and Economic Crime Division, and the Toyota Police Station arrested three individuals, including a 43-year-old man, suspected of Copyright Act Violation due to possessing pirated DVD-Rs of copyrighted movies of MPAA member companies with the intention of selling illegally at stores.

In November 2013, the Aichi Prefectural Police Headquarters Consumer and Economic Crime Division, and the Toyota Police Station executed searches of the premises of five Brazilian grocery stores and their head office located in Nishio-City, Aichi Prefecture. The officers seized a large amount of pirated DVD-Rs, computers, and 19 duplicators from the stores. Employees involved in manufacturing or selling the pirated copies were investigated, and three individuals, company executives, also the store managers, were arrested.

In addition to the head office located in Nishio-City, Aichi Prefecture, the stores were located in Toyota, Handa, Anjo, and Yatomi cities, selling DVD-Rs to customers for a price of 100 yen to 250 yen per copy.