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Operation Fastlink Cracks Down on Warez
An anonymous reader writes "Beginning yesterday morning, law enforcement from 10 countries and the United States conducted over 120 searches worldwide to dismantle some of the most well-known and prolific online piracy organizations.
Among the groups targeted by Operation Fastlink are well-known organizations such as Fairlight, Kalisto, Echelon, Class and Project X, all of which specialized in pirating computer games, and music release groups such as APC. The enforcement action announced today is expected to dismantle many of these international warez syndicates and significantly impact the illicit operations of others."
So, you want to bitch about your tax dollars being used for acts of violence when your sig endorses an organization that gives money to Earth First! to firebomb places they don't like? Yah, way to make an uneducated statement. Even if their money goes for that, those firebombings may have saved the lives of some animals.
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Abortion clinics should expect to have people rise up against them... they are wrong and kill babies.
and talk about uneducated comments, your post is basically saying that whatever the law says is what is right or that just becuase its against the law you shouldn't do it.
If everyone followed the law America wouldn't be here because we wouldn't have been able to revolt against the British laws.
Think before you make comments like that attacking the validity of others' statements when you yourself make no sense, hypocrite.
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Why cant the 'authorities' go after something that matters?
Who really gives a damn if some kids trade a bunch of games they cant afford in the first place.. or some crappy music rips....
It doest hurt anyone, regardless of the 'law'.
Meanwhile REAL issues are being left unaddressed.. such as street crack dealers and terrorists, or missing children, for example..
Or is 'justice' now only about how big of a lobby you have to support YOUR cause?
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Because ALL laws should be enforced
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Hitler felt the same way. As did Stalin. As did Hussein.
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Suppose you helped develop Adobe Premier Pro, and are dependant on its sales to feed your family. Do you really want someone in Taiwan running a server off which people can download it for free?
These people may not buy it anyway. So? I don't go steal a Lexus just because I can't afford it/don't want to spend the money on it.
Music piracy is a bit tougher, though, because there are already so many mediums on which to get free music, like radio. Just giving the other side for a change.
Anything can be made a crime if you pay some group to pass a law to make it one [see also: marijuana laws];
After all, some evil corporation paid the government to make it illegal to distribute someone's works so that they don't get paid for their efforts. Right.
After all, nobody but an evil corporation would think people should be paid for their work. Let's pirate the fuck out of everything instead so there's no incentive anymore to make a living.
Are you, by chance, a college student? Just curious...