New York law enforcement authorities announced some days ago the seizure of more than 10,000 counterfeit DVDs of Nigerian movies after complaints from Nollywood about rampant piracy.
A recent raid of nine Brooklyn stores resulted in the confiscating of over 10,000 bootleg DVD’s. This effort to shut down or reduce the number of counterfeit DVD’s sold in the USA is definitely a success for the entire Nollywood industry.
Jim Iyke was also present at this Press Release on Thursday, and he mentioned that the films were popular outside Africa, because there were a “window to see what home was — a way to follow the progress and the problems.”
The Brooklyn district attorney, Charles J. Hynes, promised Thursday that “people will go to jail,” though his office announced no arrests, and called the bootleggers “parasitic crooks”
Investigators under District Attorney Charles Hynes in Brooklyn allege they found 10, 300 pirated DVDs featuring films like "Material Girl," "Mind Games," the "Governor's Gift" and "Stolen Will."
Source: New York Times
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