Brazilian police just busted a huge piracy operation in Sao Paulo.
Police in São Paolo, Brazil conducted a raid today on four locations used to manufacture counterfeit CDs and DVDs. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and the MPAA, which supported the police action, over 30,000 pirated CDs and DVDs were seized, along with 200 burners.
Funny thing is: DRM didn't help prevent the widespread piracy at all. DRM is not made to stop criminals like those guys that got arrested in Sao Paulo today. It's made to stop honest people from making good use of something they own and enjoying it fully.
Also, notice that no new legislation was required to prosecute the pirates. Read: no need for the DMCA.
So if you can bust pirates (that DRM didn't stop in the first place) without help from the DMCA, then what's all that crap for?
