Police, RCMP crack down on piracy

TORONTO – The RCMP and Toronto Police Service have teamed up to seize thousands of DVDs and lay over 30 charges as part of efforts to clamp down on vendors of pirated movies.The partnership, dubbed Project OSTINGER, was formed to investigate alleged Copyright Act infringement activities. The year-long operation has recently focused on businesses operating out of the Oriental Centre in the Toronto suburb of Scarborough after police and the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA) received complaints about pirated movies being sold at the mall on a daily basis. Reports have said the pirated copies were being sold for...