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Russia Battles Video Piracy; But the Pirates Shoot Back

The New York Times writes:

MOSCOW, Dec. 1, It was a Sunday evening and Konstantin V. Zemchenkov was leaving work to celebrate his birthday. As the chief of a task force fighting illegal video and DVD production, he had spent the day preparing for a raid on a Moscow-based piracy operation.

But several blocks from his office, along a route Mr. Zemchenkov took every day to get home, an unidentified gunman fired seven shots at the car. One blew out the right front tire. Another lodged in the metal under the hubcap.

This was so good I just had to post it here. If only more people fought back. It’s a question of civil rights here. And drastic measures need to be taken. Time to take out the RIAA, MPAA, BSA and AntiPiratByrån once and for all?
I never thought the day would come when I actually required the help of Russian organized crime ..