And he continues to be under investigation over possible involvement with bogus prescriptions or illegal distribution, the law enforcement official said Tuesday.

"The illegal distribution of music on the Internet is a serious issue for musicians, songwriters and other copyright owners."

I don't support total control from entertainment companies but nor do I support illegal distribution by consumers.

He found the site's operators were reaping "criminal profits from the illegal distribution of copyrighted works".

They credit him with helping to change how the illegal distribution of performance-enhancing drugs is prosecuted.

Instead of closing the illegal distribution, the person who told the police about it was beaten up in its own house in 1999.

We should instead oppose drugs - always and in every case and by all means - from production, to trafficking, to illegal distribution.

Piracy tends to be the rule rather than the exception and it is authors who lose out from the illegal distribution of their intellectual property.

Given evidence of industry connivance in illegal distribution, such a law would be the height of irresponsibility.

Police officials said on Friday that the arrests were part of a citywide investigation into the wholesale illegal distribution of books.