On 5/26/05, Tracy R Reed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Visitors to the tracker site were logged by the crime fighters, and > > the Justice Department is still deciding what to do with the names. > > "crime fighters" or vigilantes?
Officials. San Diego County District Attorney's Office. > > http://elitetorrents.org/ > > Seems down for me. Hmm. That's unfortunate. I'd give you a link to Google's cache, but they still have the operating site. This site: http://p2pnet.net/story/4969 has a screenshot. It's red and has the elitetorrents.org logo centered on the page. (Do they have permission to use that logo?) and has the FBI logo to one side of it, with the DHS logo on the other. It says: ============================ THIS SITE [logo] HAS BEEN PERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN BY THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT Individuals involved in the operation and use of the Elite Torrents network are under investigation for criminal copyright infringement It is unlawful to reproduce or distribute copyrighted material, such as movies, music, software or games, without authorization - even when done for free over the Internet. Individuals who willfully distribute or download copyrighted material risk criminal prosecution under 18 U.S.C. 2319. First-time offenders convicted of criminal felony copyright laws will face up to five years in federal prison, restitution, forfeiture and a fine. ============================ Would they post a sign on someone's front lawn if they'd confiscated their house for criminal activity? And would they do so *before* the person had been convicted of the crime? Or is conviction something we have the FBI and DHS doing these days? Can we just skip the court part? And, finally, would they be using the same tactics if this were a business, instead of individuals? -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
