the IFPI announced today that the music industry organization conducted 335 raids on Internet cafes in Brazil, making good on its threat to step up its antipiracy efforts there.

According to the IFPI, the raid was a success. Some 2,339 computers were seized, and more than one million "illegal" audio tracks were found. Despite this, only one (!) arrest was made.

The raid, which consumed intense human resources, sends a message to Internet café owners in Brazil and elsewhere: we can show up and take your stuff, so you should really police your own customers better. An impressive show of police power, more than 600 Special Ops police were involved.

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