Another Pirate-'Hive' Busted: West Midlands - 800.000 DVDs

Just yesterday we talked about St Helens Police conducting a surprise raid resulting in the arrest of seven people, one of which had been using his house as a mini factory to make illegal copied Xbox, PlayStation2 and PC games. Today's news says practically the same thing, only the location and numbers are different: West Mislands - 800.000 DVDs containing pirated music, movies and of course tons of games.

Friday 11th May at least 800,000 DVDs worth an estimated £2 million have been seized and five people arrested at a raid on a West Midlands premises in what is the largest haul ever in the UK, as the press release says.

The pirate games and DVD operation gravitated around 'Ace Disks' - a shop situated in Dudley High Street, where a concealed entrance opened up into an upstairs floor. Here PCs and DVD burners were found and a fully operational counterfeit DVD 'wholesale business' in operation. The shop was also under the watchful gaze of several CCTV units.

Also, the report says that although the majority of the 800,000 discs were pirated DVD films (blockbusters such as Spider-Man 3, Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Shrek 3), a significant quantity of as yet unspecified games and counterfeit music CDs were seized.

So they're really on top of the piracy thing this time around huh? And this isn't even a big catch. Do you suppose everyone will be getting their Halo 4 and GTA V fair and square when they're announced and released? I can't see how everyone will just stop modding consoles and burning games. I guess the 'next generation of pirates' will stop using discs - after all, next-gen gaming is up now.