Members
of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and Nigeria Customs Service
(NCS) at the Apapa Seaport, Lagos, seized a 40 feet container, loaded
with 612,000 copies of suspected pirated DVDs and 45,900 units of DVD
jackets estimated at three hundred million Naira (N300 million)
According
to a report by the Ports Monitoring Officer of NCC, Mr. Joe Ojika, made
available by the commission at the weekend, the Customs services, upon a
tip-off from officers of the commission, intercepted the container
marked MRKU466990 on the verge of leaving the port on March 6, 2013.
The
report indicated that a vehicle with Registration No. XU 814 BDG,
freighter of the container was turned back at the exit gate of the port
for anti piracy inspection at the Enforcement Department of the NCS. A
joint inspection team made up of officers of the Nigeria Customs Service
drawn from its various units and the NCC officers conducted inspection
on the container on March 7, 2013.
The
report further stated that the inspection revealed that the container
contained 600 cartons with each carton containing 1,020 copies (612,000
copies in all) of cinematographic DVDs and 45,900 units of empty
jackets. The estimated market value of the contents of the container is
put at about N300 million and according to the report, investigation was
ongoing.
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