Rcmp Raids Pacific Mall
I was wondering when this was gonna happen.
RCMP seize counterfeit movies, games May 5, 2005 Martin Derbyshire - More from this author RCMP seized close to $800,000 in counterfeit DVDs, video games and cash in raids at Markham's Pacific Mall last week. More than 30,000 music and movie DVDs, 3,000 optical game discs, 1,600 multi-game cartridges and approximately $36,000 in Canadian currency were seized. The investigation is ongoing, but no immediate arrests were made, considering many of the businesses involved were unaware they were selling knock-offs, police said. "The theft of intellectual property is a serious crime which negatively impacts legitimate businesses by unfair competition," RCMP Const. Judy Laurence said. "The reason the RCMP undertook this initiative is two-fold. It sends a message to counterfeiters that their actions will not be tolerated and it also gives business owners who may not have known that they were breaking the law by selling counterfeit products, the chance to discontinue their criminal activity." Pacific Mall is well known as a hotbed for knock-offs, York Regional Police said. "Asia is a huge source for these kinds of things and obviously Pacific Mall caters to that clientele, so it's not surprising those kinds of things are being sold out of there," said Det.-Const. Chris Palmer of the York Regional Police major frauds bureau. Entertainment industry organizations helped the RCMP with searches to ensure the immediate identification of counterfeits. "Motion picture piracy costs the movie industry $3.5 to $4 billion (US) a year worldwide and this activity presents a tremendous loss of taxable revenue for legitimate Canadian businesses," said Serge Corriveau, vice-president of anti-piracy operations for the Canadian motion picture distributors association. |
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Man... The Chinese people at that mall are ALL ABOUT counterfeit. Did you know that in China they've managed to counterfeit eggs and milk?!
Just plain messed up... |
:eek: ouch
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Damn !!
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Its about time.
Now my business will excel :la: |
Originally Posted by blackout_89t
Its about time.
Now my business will excel :la: |
noooooo my source...... noooooo i love that mall lol
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about time our chinky brothers got a slap :hah: :retard:
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thats shitty... i wonder what else was counterfeit that they didnt discover LOL
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damn, I bought my chipped PS2 from Fun Desk in that place. I love that mall :(
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the flea market is full of counterfiet garbage, and has an odour that blows me away :laugh:
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Originally Posted by jdmsleeper
the flea market is full of counterfiet garbage, and has an odour that blows me away :laugh:
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That blows. I love Pacific.
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no immediate arrests were made, considering many of the businesses involved were unaware they were selling knock-offs |
NNNOOOOO !!!! Seems like alot of us are messed for it now.. how else are we suppose to stick it to the man now ??? :mad:
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Originally Posted by drifter420
NNNOOOOO !!!! Seems like alot of us are messed for it now.. how else are we suppose to stick it to the man now ??? :mad:
Awwww you lost a source for getting stolen from :knock_tee |
Originally Posted by Viperoni
Awwww you lost a source for getting stolen from :knock_tee
lmao.. I don't need them for it.. but it was nice to see wat was out and when they have some of the "Holy they have this out?" factor. Funny how you all of a sudden you think of legal things when the board's title hints otherwise :supergay: |
Lately I have been contemplating wether I should take a trip to shanghai, so I can see all this knock-off equipment everyone speaks of here in Japan.
Regarding the Pacific Mall, serves them right for taking advantage of the every day consumers. This should be a real eye opening experience for the average Canadian market. |
Shanghai isn't the place to go for counterfeit stuff. You need to go to Guangzou or Shenzen. That's where all the good stuff is.
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Originally Posted by Nakano-Kid
Shanghai isn't the place to go for counterfeit stuff. You need to go to Guangzou or Shenzen. That's where all the good stuff is.
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Originally Posted by adamo
Regarding the Pacific Mall, serves them right for taking advantage of the every day consumers. This should be a real eye opening experience for the average Canadian market.
LOL!!!!!! :hah: :hah: :hah: |
Anyone else think this has been a long time coming?
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Too bad that was my best connection for my DVD collection!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :mad:
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^Why, BlockBuster isnt cutting it ne more?
-Jay |
I was there when it ing happened.
I was going into fun desk to buy some beautiful pirated video games... and some big white dude was like "roads closed pizza boy" no.. that didnt happen... but it was a big white guy who said "store's closed" and i was like.. wtf... first off you are over 5.5 feet all... and secondly.. ur white.. CLEARLY you dont belong here... so off... (thinking it i didnt say it) so i tried to walk around him.. and then i saw all these police vests ... and he looked at me one last time and was like "the store, is closed" hahaha en bullshit. got like.. 50 games from there.. now they are toast... wtf now ill have to burn my own. that whole place is ing pirated... its a pirated mall |
Originally Posted by NiTeRiDeR
I was there when it ing happened.
I was going into fun desk to buy some beautiful pirated video games... and some big white dude was like "roads closed pizza boy" no.. that didnt happen... got my vote for best post ever :D :D :D |
Times Square @ Leslie & highway 7 also provides PS2 & modded X-box services, just a matter of time till this mall as well gets busted.
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Originally Posted by Dimitri
Times Square @ Leslie & highway 7 also provides PS2 & modded X-box services, just a matter of time till this mall as well gets busted.
you have just commited the piracy equivilant of posting a race spot... congrats... |
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My sincerest apologies & please delete my previous post. |
Originally Posted by Dimitri
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My sincerest apologies & please delete my previous post. |
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