Gardai recovered 6 computers capable of copying DVDs in a raid.

Run_to_da_hills

€2m counterfeit goods seized in Dublin, Gardaí, led by the Criminal Assets Bureau, have seized over €2m worth of counterfeit goods in Dublin raids. Gardai carried out raids today and recovered Counterfeit clothing, shoes and DVDs along with six computers capable of copying DVDs were seized.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2008/0303/counterfeit.html

I dont know of any computer sold to-day on the market that is not capible of copying a dvd!

Davidius

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

I dont know of any computer sold to-day on the market that is not capible of copying a dvd!

You have not been paying close enough attention then!

Collie D

It's not illegal to own one but it is illegal to use them. This was obvioulsy the case here so they confiscated them. Don't wory, they're not going to break down your door because they've seen youposting here and know you have a computer. The same could be said of photocopiers if your boss is giving you a hard time.

Dennis the Stone

Obviously the Gardaí have been watching The Wire and are now doing serious policework. I hear there is a huge criminal enterprise going on down in Cork; scumbags are taping songs off the radio and selling them down the English Market beside the chicken breasts

tallaghtoutlaws

Collie D wrote: »

It's not illegal to own one but it is illegal to use them. This was obvioulsy the case here so they confiscated them. Don't wory, they're not going to break down your door because they've seen youposting here and know you have a computer. The same could be said of photocopiers if your boss is giving you a hard time.

It is not illegal to use them either once you are not distributing the copies in anyway as in you can back up files using them etc etc.

Run_to_da_hills

Most people in the game would use stand alone duplicators rather than computers..

tallaghtoutlaws

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Most people in the game would use stand alone duplicators rather than computers..

True but average joe tends not to be in the game so isnt going to fork out for one.

Run_to_da_hills

tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »

True but average joe tends not to be in the game so isnt going to fork out for one.

Someone who is going to have e2 million worth of counterfeit goods is going to have the right gear, a 7 to 1 Acard Duplicator is about the same price as a standard Centrino duo core PC. One would want to be an idiot to mass produce stuff on several pcs using single burners off ISO.

tallaghtoutlaws

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Someone who is going to have e2 million worth of counterfeit goods is going to have the right gear, a 7 to 1 Acard Duplicator is about the same price as a standard Centrino duo core PC. One would want to be an idiot to mass producing stuff on several pcs using burners.

I misread your post and off course they would be idiots. But not everyone is that clever though are as these clowns the Gardai grabbed obviously felt better using standard PC's.

rubadub

Ah they always give some spiel to the press.

Elite Gardai Commandos host dawn raid on state of the art pharmaceutical factory plant, which was used to process cocaine which was destined to kill 16 pretty girls next week. In other words they found a bag of glucose from the baby section in tescos, a mirror and a credit card in some scumbags gaff.

I remember once seeing burnable DVD's being sold in an Xtravision.

It's just asking for trouble.

Sherifu

The title kind of made me lol, 6 pcs.

eoghan h

I saw these computers on the news.....They had like 6 DVD drives and looked like they were specially built for burning dvds

Run_to_da_hills

eoghan h wrote: »

I saw these computers on the news.....They had like 6 DVD drives and looked like they were specially built for burning dvds

They are called stand alone duplicators and not computers, who ever made the statement to the press got it wrong. http://www.xtradisk.com/acard-cd-duplicator1-7.jpg

keen

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Bros123

Kemos wrote: »

Obviously the Gardaí have been watching The Wire and are now doing serious policework. I hear there is a huge criminal enterprise going on down in Cork; scumbags are taping songs off the radio and selling them down the English Market beside the chicken breasts

So THATS why I keep hearing Tony Fenton on my cassette player!!

steveone

typical sensationalising evidence... like raiding a kitchen and finding knives that can inflict serious wounds... or raiding a house looking for drugs and finding a quantity of bread soda which is used etc etc.....:eek:

Run_to_da_hills

steveone wrote: »

typical sensationalising evidence... like raiding a kitchen and finding knives that can inflict serious wounds... or raiding a house looking for drugs and finding a quantity of bread soda which is used etc etc.....:eek:

They put a street value on each bootleg DVD at about e30 when infact the blanks can be got for less than 20 cents each.

ScumLord

They're just letting everybody know if they're looking for a computer, DVD writer! Make your way down to the Garda auction, low low prices guaranteed.

Run_to_da_hills

ScumLord wrote: »

They're just letting everybody know if they're looking for a computer, DVD writer! Make your way down to the Garda auction, low low prices guaranteed.

They would more than likely be stored in some damp warehouse to be kept for evidence and by the time the case is up the drives will be knacked also DVD-R will be replaced by Blue ray and these will be worthless

ScumLord

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

They would more than likely be stored in some damp warehouse to be kept for evidence and by the time the case is up the drives will be knacked also DVD-R will be replaced by Blue ray and these will be worthless

Oh yes, more than likely.

weeder

ah but there 5.25 inch drives that could probabaly swapped out for bluray burners with a firmware update