March 22 - April 7 , 2017 Jan . 22-Feb . 7 , 2015 Philippine Showbiz Today 7
March 22 - April 7 , 2017 Jan . 22-Feb . 7 , 2015 Philippine Showbiz Today 7
ABS-CBN involved in crackdown against pirated DVD sellers
( TOP ROW , Left to Right ) Bulacan Fashion , Universe Communications and Bon- Bon were among the six stores in Montreal and Toronto which recently surrendered hundreds of pirated DVDs of ABS-CBN content . ( BOTTOM ROW , Left to Right ) Samples of the pirated DVDs that the stores were illegally selling in Canada .
Daly City , California - Six stores selling DVDs in Toronto and Montreal surrendered last March 7 and 8 over a thousand pirated DVDs of ABS-CBN content . Included in the enforcement effort were the following stores : Bulacan Fashion , Bon-Bon , Waynes Collectibles , a store at 23 Glen Watford Drive in Dragon Centre , Universe Communication Ltd . in Oriental Centre , and a store located at 6057 Victoria Avenue in Montreal , Quebec .
ABS-CBN AVP and Head of Global Anti-Piracy Elisha Lawrence remarked : “ ABS-CBN partners with the top DVD manufacturers to manufacture DVDs of our movies that give customers the best viewing experience possible . The stores were selling poor quality copies of ABS-CBN ’ s movies which tarnish our customers ’ viewing experience and damage the ABS-CBN brand . In addition ,
Canada is robbed of the taxes it deserves as these stores sell these DVDs for cash and pay no taxes to the government . Everyone are losers if this isn ’ t stopped .”
ABS-CBN North America Head of Sales & Distribution Ray Olano stated : “ With the zero tolerance policy of our ABS-CBN Global COO Raffy Lopez , we will continue to go after these stores throughout Canada that sell pirated DVDs of our content or illegitimate boxes streaming our content .”
David S . Lipkus of Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus LLP , Canadian counsel for ABS-CBN said : “ The distribution and sale of pirated copies of ABS-CBN ’ s intellectual properties will not be tolerated , and these enforcement activity efforts send a signal to all Canadians that ABS-CBN will enforce their copyrights under the laws of Canada .” ●
ABS-CBN awards Shenzhen Police for arresting Filstream pirates in China
ABS-CBN ’ s Head of Global Anti-Piracy , Elisha Lawrence , awarded the Xixiang Police Station of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau ( PSB ) for their heroic police work in raiding and arresting Alan Zhou , Roland Lu , Long Zhao and Yunmin Chen , four major players in the global piracy operation of the pirate streaming box Filstream .
Police Officers Cui Yang and Yinbo Lin received awards in the presence of their superior , Deputy Chief Police Officer Zuo Yang . Also present was Yunze Lian , Senior Partner and Head of Patent and Trademark Group of the Hylands Law Firm , who represented ABS-
CBN and worked together with Ms . Lawrence and the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau to execute the investigation and raid .
According to Lawrence : “ It was important to ABS-CBN to recognize the excellent work by the Xixiang Police Station of Shenzhen Public Security Bureau . Without them , the piracy operations of Filstream would have continued to thrive to the detriment of the hardworking people of ABS-CBN who produce the copyrighted content that Filstream illegally streamed . I was extremely impressed by the Shenzhen PSB ’ s dedication , professionalism and commitment to law enforcement . ABS-CBN is truly grateful .” ●