Friday, March 19, 2010
Hong Kong Customs officers have arrested two men on copyright-violation charges after they allegedly posted pre-release tracks by local male vocalist
Eason Chan to “cyberlocker” websites in the U.S. and Europe.
The first operation led to the arrest of one man suspected of uploading two pre-release tracks from Chan’s latest album,
Time Flies (released March 15 by Cinepoly/Universal), to a U.S.-based cyberlocker site. The man also allegedly posted links to the files containing the tracks on popular Hong Kong-based forum Discuss.com.hk. According to the
International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Customs officers have released the man on bail pending further investigations.
A second operation led to the arrest of another man accused of uploading the entire album to four cyberlocker sites in the Netherlands and the U.S. He also allegedly posted links to the files containing the tracks on
Uwants.com, and has been charged by Hong Kong Customs.
Cyberlockers are online hosting services designed to store and distribute large files. When uploaded, files can then be accessed by users through links posted elsewhere, such as in forums or blogs.
http://mccluremusic.com/article/Hong_Kong_Customs_arrests_two_over_infringing_links
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