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Re: Feds disable movie piracy websites in raids
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Thu Jul 1 01:44:33 2010
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
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Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 01:43:53 -0400
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On Jul 1, 2010, at 1:41 AM, Michael Painter wrote:
> As randy said not too long ago, First they came for...
The felons?
Strangely, I am not moved to defend them.
According to the article, they didn't even take the physical computers =
running the sites, meaning not even other users on that virtual server =
were harmed.
Exactly what are you worried about here?
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TTFN,
patrick
> BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- U.S. officials on Wednesday announced a major =
crackdown on movie piracy that involved disabling nine websites that =
were offering downloads of pirated movies in some cases hours after they =
appeared in theaters.
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> Officials also seized assets from 15 bank, investment and advertising =
accounts, and executed residential search warrants in North Carolina, =
New Jersey, New York and Washington.
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> Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials worked with the U.S. =
Attorney for the Southern District of New York and other government =
agencies. The investigation involved about 100 agents in 11 states and =
the Netherlands.
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> Officials wouldn't say how many people were suspected of intellectual =
property theft, but said the penalties could include prison time.
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> The raids were the first actions in a new "Operation In Our Sites" =
initiative to combat Internet counterfeiting and piracy.
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> The government only seized domain names for the sites in question, =
however, meaning the computers that run the sites could still be used =
under a different name.
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> http://www.technologyreview.com/wire/25690/?nlid=3D3195&a=3Df=20
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