A man in Portsmouth has been arrested on suspicion of supplying pre-release music to be leaked onto file-sharing networks which, as you know, has become the primary focus of the average record label execs' paranoia in recent times.
The man is linked to the so called DV8, a network of file-sharers who are believed to have put 2500 albums onto file-sharing networks before their official release. The arrest follows collaboration between record label trade body the BPI, the City Of London Police and the government's Intellectual Property Office. A load of promo CDs and computers believed to be used in uploading the pre-release material has also been reportedly seized.
Commenting, David Wood, Director of Anti-Piracy at the BPI, told CMU: "Although the investigation continues, even at this early stage we believe that a full forensic examination of the equipment recovered will yield a lot of useful evidence and intelligence about the 'scene' and the criminal activities of those involved in pre-release music uploading".