Production of counterfeit digital goods is increasingly carried out within the UK, according to Intellectual Property Crime Group, a unit of The Patent Office.
In a report just published, the group said it had confiscated 20 per cent more DVD-R burners than in previous years, and that disc production was becoming domesticated in a way never previously seen.
“During 2005 there was a 20 per cent increase of DVD-R burners seized, confirming the shift to UK produced items from imported pressed master discs,” the National Intellectual Property Enforcement Report said.
“What was happening was that up to 18 months ago pressed discs from semi-legitimate factories were coming in from places like Malaysia,” said Eddy Leviten, head of communications at the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT), the film and broadcast anti-piracy group. It was FACT’s submission to the document which reported the rise in burner seizures.
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