Post by account_disabled on Jan 11, 2024 3:09:09 GMT -6
This Monday morning (10/16), the Federal Police launched Operation I-Commerce to arrest those who carry out illegal commerce over the internet. 79 arrest warrants were served in 13 states plus the Federal District. The action aims to prevent counterfeiting and the sale of music CDs and DVDs and computer programs (software).
The name of the operation refers Special Data to electronic commerce (e-commerce) carried out via the world wide web. However, in the case of the investigations, it is illegal commerce over the internet, hence the name i-commerce.
According to investigations, the crimes were committed in Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo by at least 81 people. Calculations are that the damage caused by the gang to industries could exceed R$10 million.
If the complaints are accepted by the Court, the case may raise controversial questions about the jurisdiction to deal with the case: whether the Federal or State Courts have jurisdiction. The majority of search and seizure and arrest warrants were issued by the Federal Court because there is a treaty signed in the Berne International Convention, aimed at protecting intellectual property.
Only in the state of Rio de Janeiro was the opposite understanding. The Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro declined jurisdiction to the State Court and the warrants ended up being issued by the 5th Criminal Court of Rio.
Operation I-Commerce is the result of police investigations initiated four months ago based on representations forwarded by copyright protection associations to the National Council for Combating Piracy and Offenses Against Intellectual Property, a body established within the scope of the Ministry of Justice.
The name of the operation refers Special Data to electronic commerce (e-commerce) carried out via the world wide web. However, in the case of the investigations, it is illegal commerce over the internet, hence the name i-commerce.
According to investigations, the crimes were committed in Bahia, Distrito Federal, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo by at least 81 people. Calculations are that the damage caused by the gang to industries could exceed R$10 million.
If the complaints are accepted by the Court, the case may raise controversial questions about the jurisdiction to deal with the case: whether the Federal or State Courts have jurisdiction. The majority of search and seizure and arrest warrants were issued by the Federal Court because there is a treaty signed in the Berne International Convention, aimed at protecting intellectual property.
Only in the state of Rio de Janeiro was the opposite understanding. The Federal Court of Rio de Janeiro declined jurisdiction to the State Court and the warrants ended up being issued by the 5th Criminal Court of Rio.
Operation I-Commerce is the result of police investigations initiated four months ago based on representations forwarded by copyright protection associations to the National Council for Combating Piracy and Offenses Against Intellectual Property, a body established within the scope of the Ministry of Justice.