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How To Stop Piracy: Raid CD-R Moguls

Posted by Hemos on from the get-the-wrong-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes "In what appears to be a not-so-legal move, Mexico's equivalent of the RIAA used federal police to raid the installations of Grupo Mekong, responsible for 200 of the 400 million virgin CDs imported each year, accusing them to be "capos" of the Piracy bussiness in Mexico. What is the rationale? Record companies buy only 20% of Mekong merchandise, so the other 80% must be going to pirates! Yeah, Never mind computer users ,independent labels or other legal uses. You can see the article here but what amazes me is the behaviour! What will the next step be? Raid the truck companies who deliver the CDs? "

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  1. Well obiviosly by arcadum · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    With free trade, anyone, or anything that empides buisness, it will be knoced down, because unrestrected artificail bariers are null.

  2. Re:This is only the beginning by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    First let me note that IANAMBIAATB (I am not a Mexican but I ate at Taco Bell), that said I think this issue is one just as you say but moreso along the lines of corruption and bribery. While IANAMBIAATB I have heard uban legends about getting out of traffic problems in Mexico by paying a 'fine' directly to the officer. Perhaps this is indicative of all Mexicans and as such the Mekong Group might be able to use math skills to calculate the amount they would need to pay the officials to buy their support. I imagine Ms. Rosen has made an offer including a Tijuana Donkey-Show and a Dirty Sanchez so the offer needed to offset those things may be quite large. Perhaps /.'ers would contribute?