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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. P2P pirates are economic saboteurs. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Artists and labels adhere to business laws when attempting commerce. In exchange for following these rules, they have every expectation of being able to find out whether their business is feasible. Quid Pro Quo.

    Intellectual piracy robs these entities of that pursuit. Happiness is not a right, but to be able to pursue it is. Pirates say that there is no loss encumbered due to downloading, that these people wuld have never bought the product anyway. Unfortunately that assumption can never be proved. It is Schroedinger in economic form. Piracy literally robs artists of the ability of finding out how many people would truly have bought their product. Piracy is tantamount to corporate sabotage.

    I would like to see pirates charged with laws of this sabotage, and with P2P coders charged with RICO statutes..