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FBI Raids Arizona School District Over Copyright Infringement
markclong writes "Federal agents in Phoenix and elsewhere in the country raided schools and other targets in a national crackdown on pirated music CDs and movies. The schools lost Internet access including emails to and from elsewhere on the Internet." Despite the assertions in the article, Google doesn't currently pick up any indications of a national school sweep.
Let's snicker at the image of non-tech-savvy FBI agents busting open lockers: "Lars, do you see MP3's in this locker?" "No, Phil. Not yet. What do they look like anyway?" "Not sure, Lars. Maybe we can go back to the office and get a special kind of dog that sniffs for MP3's. That will save us a lot of trouble".
Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
"Agents poured through data and records at a computer command center for the Deer Valley School District in the northwest Valley and blocked the office from the public."
I certainly hope that no evidence was destroyed by whatever was poured through those data records :-O
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FBI Raid on your enemy: $125,000.
Add agents with guns drawn: $120 each weapon
The FBI Press Relations agent standing outside the door of your enemy ... Priceless
Kinetic stupidity has a new brand leader: Allen Zadr.
Wow- the 2nd post already enacted Godwin's Law! This thread is over too soon.
Ceci n'est pas une sig.
:wq!
I see that the article follows the FBI/RIAA agenda of harping on the links between "International Copyright Piracy" and "Organised Crime". Yeah, those kids sharing files are really vicious mafia hitmen in disguise.
Im sick of people whining about how unfair this is, these kids were operating an illigal business, they were pirating CD's and DVD's in the 1000's and peddling child pornography! Not only that, but in the same school another gang had actually used school chemistry labs as meth labs and were selling to kids as young as 14! This alarming news becomes even more shocking as the raid uncovered two more illigal operations in the school - one involved prostitution by some of the cheerleading squad and another: a small arms dealing ring! Yes guns were being traded! this could have easily turned into another columbine and is just a simply shocking example of the state of the school system. People are saying "Hey the FBI used extreme force on childeren" WTF? some of these kids were ARMED themselves! I think the FBI should be commended on bringing this thing down with no casualties and giving these kids the counceling they need and a real chance at a new life. wait sorry, what? only kazaa and afew cds? oops
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Which FBI we talking about, the Finlander Bureau of Investigation?
In all likelihood, the truth will never be known, they'll find what they were looking for, and probably find some petty copyright infrindgement on the side to keep the plausability of the initial story intact.
If I had to wager, I'd say it probably had something to do with that whole "war on terror" thing, but they don't want people to panic so... Let's call it a copyright infringement case so as to teach the younger generation that we really mean business.
Again... I'm just speculating... Like everyone else...
What? This looks like a red herri-- Oh look! A nice shiney penny! Ooooooo!
How cool, now, not only do I get to dress up in a crazy Johnny Depp, Pirates of the Carribean, style outfit for beign a pirate I can also wear a natty suit and say stuff like "You want maybe the don leaves a horses head in your bed" because now I'm also an organised crime figure. Piracy still caries the death penalty on the seas IIRC so don't download any N*Sync whilst sailing!
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
News flash! weapons_of_mass_destruction.mp3 found on hard drive of Sadaam Hussein. The government wants to execute him, but not before the RIAA sues him for copyright infringment.
All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
From the article: Agents poured through data and records...
Shouldn't it be "pored through data and records"?
I was picturing liquid FBI agents that act like the Sapphire liquid that can sumberge books and computers without damaging them.
...oh say missing fuel rods from a
nuclear power plant in Vermont. Thank god the FBI is keeping our schools safe!
The RIAA/FBI/GOVT has no fucking right to do the things they are doing. File charges, build evidence, take people to court. Fsking Nazi raids on school districts will get you pitch forks and torches in the streets.
Maybe this is why Sen. Fenstein-D. CA, wants to get rid of guns. It's not safe to send in the RIAA thugs when Ma and Pa are packin'.
Yeah, we'll have to start with the "In Fascist America" ones.
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
"And here's where the slashbots get it wrong time and time again. Sitting at a Xerox machine and copying a book, page for page, is wholly infeasable. Hopping on P2P and grabbing an entire album in sufficiently-close-to-CD-quality format is."
Maybe for you or anyone who posts here... But for most of the people I know they could have a book copied in 1/10th the time it took them to figure out how to download/install a file sharing program and find an album they want.
I'd love to see an "article" about FBI/"newly formed Iraqi IP taskforce" raiding an Iraqi school...but lack the writing skills myself.
Way to go, Mr. Harvard! Confuse us with names of extremely obscure historic figures that no-one really has heard of other than you!
In Soviet Russia, RIAA raids YOU!
Oh, shit wait a minute
http://saveie6.com/
In their hearings before the Senate, that Senator did ask the head of the RIAA if they were going to go down to the local grade school and round up the usual suspects! I guess they took his lead!