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Fed Raids Software Pirates in 27 Cities

Posted by chrisd on 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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  1. Hmmm... by EvlPenguin · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's this Thinkgeek add on the top of my page now that reads something like: "CDs, great for ... pirated software (don't worry, we won't tell)." I always knew they were up to no good.

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  2. More information is available at... by David+Ziegler · · Score: 5, Funny

    MSNBC and Wired. Seems that no one was arrested (in the US, at least - 5 people were in England). One customs agent said each computer has an average of 1-2 terabytes of software (Wired article). Wow.

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    1. Re:More information is available at... by edhall · · Score: 5, Funny

      1-2 terabytes is the street value.