Post by eliar on Jan 15, 2007 10:14:37 GMT 8
January 14, 2007
Release date for Total Eclipse of the Heart UK/Ireland: March 12
Source: westlife.com
On January 5 Sony Japan announced the postponement of the TEOTH release, new date: 12 March (see January 5, news-section) while Westlife.com still said February 5 (see January 6, news-section). The confusion about the two different dates now comes to an end as westlife.com also changed the release date on the official site into March 12.
Westlife's Next Single
Westlife have confirmed their next single will be ‘Total Eclipse Of The Heart’. A firm fan favourite from their chart-topping Love Album, it’s an amazing version of the Bonnie Tyler classic. The single will be released on 12th March, and will contain an exciting new mix of the track by dance legends Sunset Strippers.
The boys are shooting the video later this month – more details coming soon…
January 13, 2007
Pirate queen stripped of £350,000
Source: The Sunday Mail / Exclusive by Norman Silvester
Mum's counterfeiting empire crumbles
A MOTHER of two is set to have her £350,000 fortune seized after a three-year investigation into her counterfeiting empire.
Carolann Mortimer is said to have raked in the money from producing and selling thousands of fake DVDs, CDs and computer games.
Police who raided her house found newly released DVDs, such as Lord Of The Rings, Love Actually and Bad Boys 2 - plus CDs by Will Young, Westlife and Michael Jackson.
Last week the Crown Office applied for a confiscation order at Hamilton Sheriff Court under the Proceeds of Crime Act for £344,924.
It is the biggest single order ever sought in Scotland and includes her £275,000 home in Cowan Wynd, Uddingston, Lanarkshire, and cash in bank accounts.
Mortimer, who was convicted last year of possessing fake goods, is banned from selling the house or off-loading other assets while the confiscation request is considered.
Yesterday there was no answer at the house in Cowan Wynd but we traced Mortimer, 34, to her £120,000 flat in New Stevenston, Lanarkshire.
She said: "This is between me, my lawyer and the court. I do not want to discuss the matter further."
The confiscation move was welcomed by the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT). Scottish investigator John McGowan said: "This clearly shows that fortunes are being made from the counterfeiting and pirating of DVDs and CDs."
In November Mortimer admitted having £80,000 worth of fake DVDs, CDs and computer games at her Uddingston home.
She said the illegal haul belonged to her ex-partner, Iain Baird, a major supplier of pirate goods.
But she was sentenced to 300 hours of community service. Police and trading standards officers raided the house after a tip-off.
They found Mortimer hiding in the bathroom and 1161 movie DVDs, 591 music CDs and 134 MP3 discs were seized. A computer printer was being used to produce packaging for the discs.
Baird - who was no longer living in the house - had been using it to store the pirate discs.
Five years ago, Baird was jailed for three months after £20,000 of counterfeit computer games and music CDs were seized from the same house.
Mortimer walked free when her not guilty pleas were accepted.