FBI Raids Movie file-sharers
Apparently, the FBI has found time and resources between fighting terrorists and protecting GOP delegates at the RNC in NYC to launch a raid on movie file-sharers.
The Washington Post reports : “After a months-long sting operation, FBI agents raided residences in Texas, Wisconsin and New York where people were suspected of operating "hubs" of file-sharers that were part of a system called the Underground Network" [sounds almost like a Fela reference] but “no arrests were made…and no charges have been filed.”
Uhh, okay…way to go on the “months-long sting op,” real law enforcement confidence booster there.
On a more serious note, the WP reports: “it's the first time that the Justice Department has gotten in on the entertainment industry's attempts to crack down on the thriving trade of pirated music, movies and software on the Internet.” [Not entirely accurate, the FBI were involved in the LaMacchia case, which highlighted a "loophole" that prompted the "No Electronic Theft Act" and subsequent downward spiral into a misguided and increasingly tortured alphabet-soup of copyright legislation.]
If you were hiding in a rock in the Kyber Pass, you may have missed the *federal appeal court ruling* that basically said that P2P services can’t be held liable for copyright infringement by their users. Now might be a good time to repeat Nine Things the Music Industry should note” .
The Washington Post reports : “After a months-long sting operation, FBI agents raided residences in Texas, Wisconsin and New York where people were suspected of operating "hubs" of file-sharers that were part of a system called the Underground Network" [sounds almost like a Fela reference] but “no arrests were made…and no charges have been filed.”
Uhh, okay…way to go on the “months-long sting op,” real law enforcement confidence booster there.
On a more serious note, the WP reports: “it's the first time that the Justice Department has gotten in on the entertainment industry's attempts to crack down on the thriving trade of pirated music, movies and software on the Internet.” [Not entirely accurate, the FBI were involved in the LaMacchia case, which highlighted a "loophole" that prompted the "No Electronic Theft Act" and subsequent downward spiral into a misguided and increasingly tortured alphabet-soup of copyright legislation.]
If you were hiding in a rock in the Kyber Pass, you may have missed the *federal appeal court ruling* that basically said that P2P services can’t be held liable for copyright infringement by their users. Now might be a good time to repeat Nine Things the Music Industry should note” .
posted by DO at 8:08 AM
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