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Arrest in Caridi FBI Investigation

Posted by michael on from the threat-to-national-security dept.

skillio writes "The FBI arrested one Russell Sprague in Illinois on Thursday in connection with the previously reported Carmine Caridi dvd screener leak investigation. Given the FBI's figure of up to 60 screeners a year provided by Caridi, and Sprague's clearly sophisticated setup, one can't help but wonder if this will prove to be the main, if not sole, source of these dvd screener leaks. Caridi has yet to be charged, but after he's admitted to supplying Sprague with screeners for the last 3-5 years, I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long."

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  1. So it's bad for BIG BIZ to steal, only little guy by Saeed+al-Sahaf · · Score: 3, Flamebait
    I highly doubt his innocence will remain unchallenged for very long.

    But average /.ers still think its hunky dory to go out to the net and download it. Everybody wants something for free, doesn't matter what it is.

    We can all go on and on about the evils of big business, how all they want to do is rip us off. But most people also think that the rules that apply to us "little people" such as honesty and integrity should apply to Big Biz as well, no double standards. So why do most here still think it's OK to steal music and movies?

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    "Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck
  2. Re:Double Standards by teamhasnoi · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    I think that the laws *should* be different for large companies. How often does your local Mom'n'Pop screw over hundred of thousands of people?

    Yet, Enron destroyed the lives of that many and more. What's happened to the bigwigs in charge?

    Nothing.

    I have a friend who 'used' to work for Arthur Anderson. A great employer until some dick in Texas (hmm, note to self: Figure out percentage of dicks from Texas) decided to shred a bunch of incriminating documents.

    Now my pal no longer has a great job, as AA closed her office.

    Thousands of people are laid off, lose their savings, and are generally screwed by big corporations every day.

    So, yeah. I think laws and punishments should be unbelievably strict for large companies. After all, with great power comes great responsibillity.

    So far, I haven't seen any responsibillity.