Car boot sales to be closed if any vendor sells a pirate DVD?

By at 3:48 pm Monday, Dec 13

The UK government has been asked to grant copyright cops the power to shut down entire car boot sales (flea markets) if any bootleg DVDs are found on sale there:
The Anti-Piracy Taskforce wants more powers be given to Trading Standards Officers to close down car boot sales where pirate DVDs are sold.
Link (Thanks, Brian!)

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