Police authorities across the country are stepping up their actions against the crime of piracy. Last Tuesday, June 11, agents from the 4th Police District of Jundiaí, São Paulo, carried out a search and seizure operation at two IT resellers in the city, suspected of selling software without a license. In the operation, the team, commanded by delegate Dr. Hamilton de Souza, seized 45 media suspected of containing unauthorized copies of computer programs.
On the same day, three suspicious computer resellers were approached by agents from the Central Police Station in Itu, São Paulo. The team of delegate Dr. Nicolau Iussif Santaren seized 159 media and a USB flash drive (pen drive) containing illegal copies.
Agents from the 4th Police District in the city of Campinas, São Paulo, also carried out searches and seizures at three IT resellers in the city. The operation, commanded by delegate Dr. Maurício Gerimon, seized 55 media.
In the previous week, on June 7th, three IT resellers in Sorocaba, São Paulo, were approached by agents of the city's 3rd Police District. The team, led by delegate Dr. Silvio Miguel Marques Vicentim, seized 36 media suspected of illegal content.
These actions were carried out as a result of investigations and had the support of the Brazilian Association of Software Companies (ABES), which carries out a strong work to repress the commercialization of unlicensed software, together with the police authorities in all regions of Brazil.
The entity maintains a portal for Anonymous Complaints of Software Piracy (www.denunciopirataria.org.br) in partnership with BSA (The Software Alliance), which has helped to strengthen the investigative work to identify outbreaks of piracy.
The Anonymous Complaints portal supports police investigations, which have sought to repress the spread of these illicit copies among merchants, carrying out searches and seizures of any amount, whether one media or a thousand. All equipment containing copies of these programs are also being seized, such as pen drives, external hard disks or serials for activating the software.
Reports are anonymous and must be submitted through the website. After being investigated by the two associations and, if there is evidence of irregularity, the necessary measures will be taken so that the cases are resolved quickly. Entities can notify software manufacturers and local authorities, who can file lawsuits to ensure that Brazil's software law is respected.
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