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June 10, 2005

NYPD and RIAA Raid Mondo Kims

Kop_circle_logo_2The RIAA, in conjunction with the New York Police Department (Or vice versa, depending on who you believe) raided Mondo Kims yesterday, arresting five store employees and charging them with trademark counterfeiting. The police seized 470 CDs, 53 videos and 27 DVDs. They also seized DVD and CD burning equipment. Most of the seized goods were described as "urban in nature," meaning that the seized CDRs were mostly hip-hop CDR mixes. Article from the NY Times here (may require password) and from MTV here.

Posted by on June 10, 2005 at 10:20 AM in Copyleft |

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JT

Weird. I worked at the West Village store around the time the Mondo one opened up. Most people there got paid very low wages under the table - being cooler than thou and snobbing the customers was one of the perks. I'm a litte puzzled as to why "urban" mixes at Mondo Kim's merited a raid, given the quantities of easily available pirated stuff all over NYC.

Posted by: JT | June 13, 2005 at 02:42 PM

V

Apparently charges have been dropped...as of this afternoon....

Posted by: V | June 13, 2005 at 05:33 PM

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