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Punch reported that the Head, Ilorin Liaison Office of the commission,
Mrs Justina Akinwumi, Head of the Ilorin Liaison Office of the commission said
on Tuesday to newsmen said in the course of the raid, five persons involved
in the piracy business were arrested.
Akinwunmi said, “Nigerian
Copyright Commission has zero tolerance for piracy and all the perpetrators of
the heinous act will be brought to book.”
She added that NCC would stop at nothing bring to
the barest minimum the activities of pirates in the country which is so alarming.
In her word: “Activities of pirates in
the country have assumed an alarming dimension and there is the need to put a
lasting solution to the menace.”
Akinwunmi said the arrested five suspects are
guilty of illegal production and the circulation of pirated optical discs in
Ilorin.
She said: “Copyright
Inspectors backed by armed policemen in an anti-piracy operation carried out at
five suspected optical discs shops containing Nigerian and foreign musical and
movies confiscated pirated works worth N4m.”
She has dished out warnings to those involved in
this criminal activities of selling both foreign and local pirated video and
musical works to stop it or be brought to book.
She gave out a heartfelt request to the people to make
their purchase of genuine products, especially home videos and
musical works.
Source: The Punch
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