CANADA: 13 arrested in crackdown on illegal textbooks

Thirteen people were arrested last Thursday after the Royal Canadian Mounted Policy raided four photocopy stores in Montreal and seized hundreds of counterfeit university textbooks in what they described as an attempt to put an end to the illegal sale and distribution of the photocopied books, reports CBC News.

In the last few weeks, police have found about 2,700 counterfeit books worth $540,000 (US$541,463) in four copy centres located near universities in the city. RCMP spokesperson Corporal Luc Thibault said those arrested could be charged under the Copyright Act. "It was well done; it was like they were real," Thibault said of the photocopied books. "They were taking a real book, making a hard copy and everything, and they would sell [it] back at a quarter of the price."

The RCMP investigation started when police received complaints from university presses that publish textbooks.
Full report on the CBC News site