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BRACKENFELL: R12 MILLION IN COUNTERFEIT DISCS DESTROYED
The true cost of DVD pirating DESIRÉE RORKE
transport interchanges such as bus stops, taxi ranks and train stations,” says Borman. “They make big money, as much as R25 000 uits, Grey’s Anatomy, Game of in one weekend, depending on how many Thrones... whatever your taste in tele- vendors are selling, and as long as the public vision, any of these series and a whole continue to buy the discs, they will stay in lot more are readily available at illegal ven- business,” he says. dors all over the northern suburbs for as litMost people do not have the means to actle as R10 a pirated disc. cess WiFi and legal suppliers such as Box OfCosting the economy millions, the scourge fice, DSTV or Netflix for instance, making of the pirated film and music industry is un- pirated discs a cheap entertainment alternafortunately fuelled by the tive. ever growing public de“One R10 disc could conmand, and business is tain as many as five movie “They make big booming. titles, usually downloaded This is according to Clive from the internet,” he says. money, as much as Borman, regional coordiMore worrisome are the nator of the Film and Publibags full of confiscated maR25 000 in one cation Board (FPB) in Cape terial containing pornograTown. and bestiality. weekend, depending phy Borman and his team, “These discs are being along with the police, stood on how many ven- sold openly on the streets to by while some 65 000 counanyone who is able to prodors are selling.” terfeit DVDs and CDs with duce a R10 note – even chila street value of more than dren. R12 million were destroyed by a gigantic in“The effect of these movies on children dustrial shredder in Brackenfell last Thurs- and young people can be detrimental and we day. have to protect them from this,” says BorThe pirated material – some 110 000 titles man. – consisted mostly of international movies, The DVDs that were destroyed were from mainstream series and Asian dramas. exhibits of concluded court cases – a total of The material was confiscated during vari- 64 criminal cases during 2017. ous raids by Law Enforcement agencies in “The material is destroyed purely to preKuils River, Brackenfell, Eerste River, vent it from finding its way back onto the Kraaifontein and Bellville. market,” says Sandile Nene, FPB’s acting “Vendors openly sell these DVDs at street CEO. stalls near shopping centres and big public V To page 2.
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A worker at a local factory in Brackenfell busy shredding the pirated discs.
PHOTO: DESIRÉE RORKE
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