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MPAA Under Investigation for Illegal NYPD Payoffs

Posted by Zonk on from the but-they're-so-pure-of-heart-and-purpose dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The New York Post is reporting that two NYPD officers are being investigated for taking illegal payoffs from the MPAA for busting sellers of pirated DVDs. According to the article, MPAA investigators would tell the cops where pirated movies were being sold, which is perfectly legal, but, after the bust, they'd give them several hundred dollars in gratuities, which is illegal. Naturally, the MPAA denies all of this."

7 of 500 comments (clear)

  1. strange by scenestar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    For a rightious organisation out to protect the lawfull rights of artists they have a rather odd way of practice

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  2. Money making by markild · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "The Motion Picture Association of America estimates that it loses $3.5 billion in potential worldwide revenue because of movie piracy."

    Surely the can't expect that their raids of arrests will provide them with more sales.

    Where they thinking that as long they're already on the red number side, they could just buy themselves some police forces?

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  3. Which it be? by n0dalus · · Score: 5, Interesting

    FTA: Two NYPD veterans are being investigated by Internal Affairs...
    From title: MPAA Under Investigation for Illegal NYPD Payoffs

    So, who's under investigation here?

  4. I am not surprised by andydread · · Score: 5, Interesting

    The MPAA and the RIAA will stop at nothing to protect their monopolies. These 2 corrupt officers are just a tip of the giant iceberg of people that recieve huge sums from the MPAA and RIAA. Some others - Several politicians, Virus writers. Yes they employ these people to create nastyware to disrupt p2p networks. and many many more people are bribed by these organizations. The MPAA and the RIAA are among the most corrupt organizations in America. And the blatantly lie about their the root cause of their losses almost every year. It is about time they are investigated but I fear they may buy out the investigation.

  5. how ironic by Sv-Manowar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    the MPAA breaking the law to enforce the law. oh the irony.

    People have been saying for years that the MPAA need to try harder to stop piracy before the movies get leaked. Closing the stable door after the horse has bolted. Maybe it's time they started listening.

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  6. Hypocrites by Kaorimoch · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I think we should run an ad in every movie theatre for MPAA members and affiliates to remind them that "Paying off cops is a crime". We could even show the cops who were paid off in the ad to remind them what happens if you bribe law enforcement officials as part of the cops settlement arrangement.

    They want us to obey the law but forget to do it themselves. Great example guys.

  7. Re:What's worse? by macdaddy357 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    No surprise there. Police agencies intentionally reject applicants with high intelligence. Don't believe me? Check this out, or this, or this. A cop who can't spell his own name would not surprise me.

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