Three Australian men facing up to five years in jail for music piracy

April 25, 2003

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Sydney could be facing up to five years in jail
or a $ 60,000 fine if they're found guilty of alleged music piracy:

The men,
who are understood to be students, were arrested yesterday when police
executed warrants at four Sydney addresses in the city's west and
south-west.

The AFP's general manager of its eastern operations,
Tony Negus, acknowledged the co-operation of the Music Industry Piracy
Investigators (MIPI).

"Copyright infringements cause considerable financial
loss to the music industry and the AFP are pleased to cooperate with
industry bodies to investigate cases such as this which can amount to a
serious breach of the law," Mr Negus said.

Police said the alleged piracy concerned music, album
covers and music videos from Universal Music, Sony, Warner, BMG, EMI and
Festival Mushroom Records.

According to the article the arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into
alleged piracy, co-ordinated by the Federal Police and the recording
industry.

Source: Australian IT