PRESS ADVISORY

PUBLIC DESTRUCTION OF HUNDREDS OF BOOTLEG CDS AND DVDS WHICH HAVE BEEN SEIZED AND CONFISCATED BY THE POLICE.

The Jamaica Anti-Piracy Alliance (JAPA), is a partnership of local organisations that represent or manage Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) which has been in existence since 2005. JAPA’s objectives include promoting the importance and value of Intellectual Property Rights and combating piracy.

 

Members of JAPA include the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), Jamaica Association of Composers. Authors and Publishers (JACAP), Jamaica Copyright Licensing Association (JAMCOPY), Jamaica Music Society (JAMMS), the Jamaica Constabulary Force, Palace Amusement Company, Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports and the Business  Software Alliance (BSA).

 As part of the Intellectual Property Week 2011, JAPA will be organising a public destruction of hundreds of bootleg CDs and DVDs which have been seized and confiscated by the police.

Venue: Riverton city dump

Date:  Friday, April 15, 2011

Time: 11 a.m.

 

Media persons wishing to attend can meet at the offices of JIPO, 18 Trafalgar Road, at 10 a.m. for transportation to the dump.

Members of the entertainment, literary and legal fraternities will also be present at the destruction.

 

Please Contact:         Philippa Davies

                                    Manager, Copyright and Related Rights Directorate

                                    Jamaica Intellectual Property Office

                                    18 Trafalgar Road

                                    Kingston 10

                                    Tel:  (876) 946-1300 / 946-9216 / 946- 0789

                                     Fax:  (876)  927-6744