11.   Four suspects have been arrested in a crackdown on criminal rings that sell videotapes taken secretly in hotels of couples making love, police reported Tuesday.

12.   French authorities have arrested a doctor, a schoolteacher and two others in a ring selling pornographic videotapes involving children, a police source said Wednesday.

13.   He said the widespread practice of selling pirated videotapes at night markets would give local and overseas copyright owners the impression that enforcement was lax.

14.   Law enforcement officials in the United States and Russia have shut down a Russian Web site that sold videotapes worldwide depicting children performing sexual acts.

15.   Lim said the court took note that the practice of selling pirated videotapes was becoming rampant and the sentence should be a deterrent to others.