Feds shut Web site in piracy crackdown

[sabra]

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http://www.sunherald.com/mld/sunherald/news/breaking_news/11737736.htm

Feds shut Web site in piracy crackdown

MARK SHERMAN

Associated Press


WASHINGTON - Federal raiders. Internet pirates. Intergalactic screen adventures. The government announced a crackdown Wednesday on the theft of movies and other copyright materials that has the elements of a film plot.

Federal agents shut down a Web site that they said allowed people to download the new "Star Wars" movie even before it was shown in theaters.

The Elite Torrents site was engaging in high-tech piracy by letting people download copies of movies and other copyright material for free, authorities said.

The action was the first criminal enforcement against individuals who are using cutting-edge BitTorrent software to obtain pirated content online, Justice and Homeland Security Department officials said.

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[BR_Parkway]

1. Silly hackers, if they'd have hacked voting machines, no one

would have bothered them, hell, they might have made some money on the deal.

[dArKeR]

2. It's got a copy of Homeland Security on their website. What does

Homeland Security have to do with this type of law enforcement?
http://www.elitetorrents.org/

[Roland99]

3. DHS is becoming the nation's police force

[qanda]

4. That's just downright frightening

Homeland Security is certainly keeping us safe from all the terrorists. :sarcasm:

[Lone_Star_Dem]

7. What are you saying? Pirated software doesn't terrify you?!

Me either. I suppose it would if we were a software giant, though.

It's a terrorist attack on the multi-billion dollar corporations! Eeekk! run for your lives! Someone call Homeland Security before we all die! :eyes:

[dArKeR]

10. Whoreland Security hasn't caught a single terrorist but they've busted

some kids downloading MP3s, low quality and small screen size movies, and some PDF books. Almost as good as the FBIs 5 years investigation into Florida hookers and arresting 1 girl at the culmination of the 20 agent and untold resources, or whatever it was, investigation

Isn't this Elite Torrents case the same as Tom Delay using Whoreland Security to track down Texas Legislators?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

11. The Customs Service is under those

dunderheads now.

[aden_nak]

5. I am free! I no longer must fear seeing Monster In Law on the internet.

/slap "Department of Homeland Security"

[carnie_sf]

6. Cutting edge like 3 years ago ...

[dArKeR]

8. What does the "moral" Specter have to say about this?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1500166

[leftofcool]

9. Did they arrest a bunch of poor 12 yr olds??????? eom

[AuntiBush]

12. Sure feels great to see our Homeland Security Up off their A$$e$

Surfing the web all day, getting paid big $$$'s to monitor websites.

God knows they have nothing more important to do, like actual "Homeland Security," maybe...

[high density]

13. Thank God we got Osama...

so now we can concentrate so much of our law enforcement efforts on online pirates!