Amazon France offices raided
p2pnet.net News:- Amazon.com’s French subsidiary in Paris has been raided by police looking for DVDs suspected of being sold illegally.
The operation took place at the headquarters of the subsidiary, Amazon.fr, in an eastern Paris suburb, and in a warehouse belonging to the company in the central city of Orleans, continues an Agence France-Presse here.
Law enforcement officials said officers were scrutinising DVDs to see where they came from as part of a preliminary investigation into "audiovisual piracy".
"A source close to the inquiry said there were suspicions that some of the DVDs sold online did not ‘conform to the laws’ in France governing such items."
Amazon.fr offers DVDs in many categories, including those made for the French market, DVDs imported from the United States and Britain, and second-hand discs, adds AFP.
