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Australian Federal Police Raid Major ISPs

Posted by timothy on from the overzealous-or-regular-zealous dept.

pflodo writes "The Australian (newspaper) has an article about Telstra the major Australian ISP and other 'declined to name' ISPs that have been raided by Australian Federal Police to 'seek the identity of particular subscribers' in relation to their activity and files stored on the ISP's servers. I imagine they will eventually raid some domestic homes and make a scapegoat of some unfortunate teenagers."

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  1. "Valuable" Music by kevinatilusa · · Score: 5, Funny

    "According to sources, the wholesale value of the allegedly pirated music may be as high as $60 million"

    Then again, the music could be mostly Backstreet Boys, Brittney Spears, and N'Sync, in which case the value of the music is closer to $60.

    1. Re:"Valuable" Music by gid13 · · Score: 5, Funny

      as in "i'd pay $60 for someone to murder these singers because i'd rather bathe in acid and razor blades than hear them sing another note"?

    2. Re:"Valuable" Music by TopShelf · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love it when they estimate the value of something like this. I remember from my college days when there would be a big pot bust, and the cops would say "x pounds of pot were seized, with a street value of $y," and after a quick calculation, we'd see that the cops are obviously overpaying...

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  2. Crikey! by stevezero · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean I have to give up my downloaded copies of the 'Crocodile Hunter'?

    1. Re:Crikey! by G-funk · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does this mean I have to give up my downloaded copies of the 'Crocodile Hunter'?

      No, but good taste might.

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