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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."

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  5. Re:Commie? by generalleoff · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    Screw the liberals, screw the conservatives, God bless the commies.

    Hey everyone else is posting useless crap so I might as well join in the fun and atleast I dont do it as Anonymous Pussy :)

  6. Re:I am not surprised by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    MPAA + RIAA = Wolfram & Hart

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  8. Re:Umm. by Inda · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I'm a Brit and I like to complain about the crappy service I get.

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  9. Re:How Long Must I Sing This Song... by squiggleslash · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Ah! So because the authorities in NORTHERN IRELAND did something THIRTY YEARS AGO that the ENTIRE WORLD condemned, it's perfectly ok for US AUTHORITIES to clamp down on protests in NEW YORK.

    And what hypocracy is it you're talking about? Are you saying _I_ shot people in Bloody Sunday?

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