Fed Raids Software Pirates in 27 Cities

Posted by chrisd on Tuesday December 11, 2001 @12:22PM from the no-mention-of-peg-legs-and-eye-patches dept.

akiaki007 was among many who wrote in to say: "Check out this article on the New York Times (free reg, blah blah) site. The Feds have raided 27 cities in 21 states. Raid sites include MIT, UCLA, Purdue, Duke, UofO. Their main target was the group DrinkOrDie. 'This is a new frontier for crime,' Kenneth W. Dam, deputy secretary of the Treasury, said at a news briefing. 'The costs are enormous to both industry and consumers.' I better hide my burned Linux CD's. They might think it's some weird hacking tool."

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Responses here not surprising, unfortunately by Brad+Wilson · 2001-12-11 12:32 · Score: 3, Flamebait

I'm not surprised by the responses we're seeing here. I just think it illustrates the unfortunate situation that a valuable concept like public domain or open source software has to be overly infested with thieves who believe that stealing software or pirating movies in the theaters "doesn't hurt anybody".

Say that when it's your own livelihood that's being stolen.