Informants need not fear reprisals from criminals as they would not be required to appear in court, Lee said. The police use the information they received to nab the criminals red-handed, removing the need for testimony from witnesses.
IFPI has 13 members in Taiwan, including EMI Taiwan Ltd, Sony Music Entertainment Taiwan Ltd, Universal Music Ltd and Warner Music Taiwan, and they have been generous in their fight against piracy. They donated US$1.2 million to the IFPI's coffers and brought over 1,500 successful cases to local courts last year.
Movie pirating can be reported by calling 0800-231-359 or by sending an e-mail to cdreward@ms72.hinet.net. Music-pirating information called in to 0800-036-168 or sent by e-mail to report@ifpi.org.tw.
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