MPAA/RIAA Raid Motown ComicCon Convention

[DudeAsInCool]

At this weekend's Motor City Comic Con, fans and vendors were abuzz about a police raid on Friday targeting the sale of illegal recordings.

Monday morning, Michigan State Police Detective Sgt. Joseph White confirmed that private detectives working with the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America entered the Rock Financial Showplace on Friday working under the suspicion that illegal sales of copyrighted recordings were being made. Upon finding allegedly illegal materials for sale, they then contacted state police.

White said this is not an uncommon occurrence at trade shows -- not just comic book conventions, but a wide variety of shows where items are being sold. "A lot of these trade shows have people selling fraudulent materials," the detective said. "With the availability of the equipment to make these products, there are a lot of people trying to defraud the industry and make a quick buck off of it."

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[KiwiCoromandel]

"With the availability of the equipment to make these products, there are a lot of people trying to defraud the industry and make a quick buck off of it."....AAAWWWWW!!!!...so sad...too bad.... :)

[method77]

Some people just find this a bit funny but their tactics really show that the RIAA and MPAA are mentalyy ill. Seriously ill.