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Following up on Torrent Shutdowns

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the whats-going-down dept.

dantheman82 and others have submitted a number of links about the recent closure of torrent mega sites like suprnova and torrentbits. The Unofficial Suprnova Closure FAQ comments that some torrent site maintainers have been arrested and that Suprnova was closed over fear of similiar fate. DeHavilland notes that the finnish police raided an unnamed torrent site. There's a lot of scary things here, but to me what is most scary is that American copyright owners can mobilize foreign police to do their bidding.

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  1. all of your police are belonged to U.S. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    >>but to me what is most scary is that American copyright owners can mobilize foreign police to do their bidding.

    all of your police are belonged to U.S.!!!!

  2. Re:Irony? by Aphexian · · Score: 5, Funny

    I put the blame squarely on Alanis Morrissette.

  3. Re:What does mobilizing foreign police actually me by gilesjuk · · Score: 5, Funny

    What? people involved in the Hollywood taking a factual story and twisting it around to make it more exciting but factually incorrect? Wow, that's heavy :)