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Online Groups Behind Bulk of Bootleg Films (& Games)

Posted by Hemos on from the interesting-stories dept.

xasper8 writes "First it was the RIAA, now Hollywood is cracking the legal whip on online piracy." There's a better article about this in the recent issue of Wired that gets more in depth on this. Basically, good background on how file releases get made. <update> Yes, we did have Wired link yesterday as well. My bad.

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  1. OMG! Online groups responsible... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...for all that stuff that is online. Now this is reporting!

  2. All these years the Wired guys were downloading... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...and they finally get around to reading the .nfo. I guess they had been too busy wielding their prowess at layout.

  3. Slashdot Warezing own stories by Jarnis · · Score: 5, Funny

    Copying is bad. Someone call the FBI... :p

  4. Surprise! Another Wired link by whiskeypete · · Score: 1, Funny

    We know from experience that nearly EVERY story in this months issue will eventually be a Slashdot article. Why don't we save time by posting a default wired link at the beginning of each month, instead of slowly trickling out one story each day?

  5. Re:Warez Scene != Drug War by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This is your brain(insert picture of egg),this is your brain after watching batman,the incredible hulk or catwoman)(insert picture of fried egg) LOL

  6. Re:explanations by bob+beta · · Score: 2, Funny

    And I think of USENET as a globalized version of the BBSes I used to call, like the one I used to run on an XT-clone with a 5 meg hard drive.

    You're not getting THAT old, sonny.

    --
    "What's the frequency Kenneth?"
  7. Re:explanations by EvilMagnus · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ha!
    I still think of IRC as a prettied-up version of talk over telnet...

    multi-user system chat on old mainframes, baby. That's kickin' it old skool. Or something.

    --
    -EvilMagnus