Studios, PayPal Shut Down Illegal Disc Operations

29 Jun, 2011 By: Chris Tribbey

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With the help of the Asia Pacific arm of the Motion Picture Association, PayPal June 22 permanently shut down the accounts of dozens of merchants who were using PayPal to sell counterfeit DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.

The account closures followed a three-month investigation that identified merchants in mainland China who were marketing and shipping counterfeit discs to retail and wholesale customers worldwide.

“Our action today sends a strong message to all criminals that PayPal does not tolerate such illegal activity on our global payment platform, and we work closely with industry organizations, like the MPA, who alerted us to these intellectual property right violations,” said Julie Bainbridge, PayPal’s head of global brand risk management. “While the vast majority of business conducted on our platform is legitimate, we will investigate any and all reported violations of our acceptable use policy.”

Mike Ellis, president and managing director of MPA Asia Pacific, said some of the accounts had been in operation for years.

“Through this operation, PayPal has once again shown itself to be a consistent and reliable partner in the fight against copyright theft,” he said.
 

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