DIPOLOG CITY, March 14 (PIA) – A team from the Optical Media Board (OMB) was here recently to assess the prevalence of pirated movie CDs being sold in the locality.
OMB team leader Noel Uy told the press that OMB Chairman Ronald N. Ricketts is waging a no-nonsense campaign against piracy as mandated under Republic Act No. 9239, otherwise known as Optical media Act of 2003.
It can be recalled that Ricketts asked the help of Mayor Alfredo Lim of Manila to help rid the city especially the Quiapo area of pirated CDs. Most of those selling pirated CDs there are reportedly Muslim vendors.
Also, with the help of Muslim leaders in Manila, the vendors voluntarily surrendered their wares.
The OMB team has observed that pirated CDs are not that rampant in Dipolog. (FPG/PIA-Zamboanga del Norte)
