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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. Re:This wouldn't surprise me.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Don't be such a prong.

    People get arrested all over the world at protests. Here's the first google result:

    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/09 /1 2/1733258

    But then, a knack for selective perception is an essential tool of the true activist.

    BTW, the other 500k protesters in NYC got along just fine.