CIPA cracks down on piracy

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The Companies and Intellectual Property Authority (CIPA) cracked down on piracy confiscating counterfeit CDs and DVDs worth P210,000 during their raids in Mogoditshane and Francistown this month.

The purpose of the raids, according to CIPA communications manager, Marietta Magashula, were to monitor the use of the security device, known as the hologram and to confiscate all non-complying CDs and DVDs by laying charges on culprits.

“We held the anti-piracy raids in Mogoditshane and Francistown between the 5th and 17th of this month in which the police arrested a total of 16 offenders,” said Magashula.

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