More pirated CDs seized

Pirated music CDs and copying equipment worth in the region of £12.5m have been seized during a police raid on a factory in the Philippines. Seven Indonesian and five Chinese workers being arrested. The country’s government have made a number of public statements stressing they intend to destroy the prolific music pirates based in their country (The Philippines was named as one of the worst offenders in the global league of the production of counterfeit goods). In July authorities publicly steamrollered two million pirated CDs and DVDs in a high-profile message to counterfeiters that the crack down was real. In fact the government are putting so much importance on their crack down that Philippine President Arroyo visited the scene of the latest raid herself, congratulating the police and telling reporters: "this raid is not only a great help to the members of the entertainment industry who are being cheated, but also our reputation in the world".