FBI sweep in Valley part of nationwide probe on Internet piracy

[Judi Lynn]

FBI sweep in Valley part of nationwide probe on Internet piracy


Billy House, Monica Mendoza and Brent Whiting The Arizona Republic
The Arizona Republic
Apr. 22, 2004 07:59 PM


U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft on Thursday outlined details of the federal government's international crackdown on pirated music CDs and movies, but would not reveal why one of the targets was a computer command center for the Deer Valley School District.

Durin a news conference in Washington, D.C., Ashcroft declared that schools should not be a safe haven for "any kind of criminal activity."

"This is thievery. This is criminal," Ashcroft said of illegal downloading and sharing of the copyrighted music, movies and software.

While no immediate arrests in Arizona or elsewhere had yet occurred by Thursday evening, Ashcroft said nearly 100 people had been "identified" in connection with the worldwide sweep.
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http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0422internet-pirates22-ON.html

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Al-Qaeda roams the streets of America with impunity, but ...

... Calico Johnny's mind is on keeping America both morally pure and in strict obedience to the Divine Law of Private Enterprise.

I know what happened. I had a huge LSD flashback that started on December 13, 2000, and I've been living in an hallucination ever since.

That's it. It's the only thing that can explain the madness.

--bkl

[Media_Lies_Daily]

2. Gee...didn't Lyin' Leeza tell us to expect a terror attack sometime...

...before the elections? Is downloading and sharing files a terrorist act these days?

[saigon68]

3. Not to mention the Cancer Patients who smoke a bowl every now and then

That really bothers the hell out of this cretin.

[Drifter]

4. Aschroft declared ...

Ashcroft declared that schools should not be a safe haven for "any kind of criminal activity." He added, "That is what the Government is for".

Cheers
Drifter

[Moderator]

5. Please update this story here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=504124