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Justice Dept. Raids Homes of File Swappers

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the reasonable-suspicion dept.

Cryofan writes "Reuters is reporting that the Justice Dept. has raided the homes of 5 people in several states for trading music on p2p networks. The traders were, however, not arrested. 'P2P does not stand for 'permission to pilfer,' Ashcroft said. The Reuters story says that the 5 'were people operating hubs in a file-sharing network based on Direct Connect software,' and who had provided between 'one and 100 gigabytes of material to trade, or up to 250,000 songs.' 'They are clearly directing and operating an enterprise which countenances illegal activity and makes as a condition of membership the willingness to make available material to be stolen,' said Ashcroft."

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  1. Who to vote for by kabloom · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Now we get to the part of the presidential campaign where I hate both administrations a whole lot.

    1. Re:Who to vote for by reallocate · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      >>...both administrations...

      What??!

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  2. Frist Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post with hot grits

  3. Re:Terminology by adamscottphotos · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ffp w00t

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  4. Ashcroft is greasing up big rod! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    His baptist god told him to screw everybody in the ass!

  5. Wow. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You know you're reading slashdot when:

    - you find 3 comments actually related to the subject, and
    - the remaining 200 comments are correcting the pentabyte/petabyte/pb/PB issue

    News for nerds indeed!

  6. Remember in November: by base3 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    A vote for Bush is a vote for Ashcroft, and a vote for a third party protest candidate, however conscientious, is a vote for Bush. While failing to prevent terrorism despite a gross erosion (i.e. Ashcroft wiping his ass with) the Constitution, now he seems to have the resources to bust teenage kids sharing music.

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