Net Journalist Prosecuted For Warez Crimes

Andrew Burnes writes "A fellow Internet games journalist will shortly plead guilty in a Connecticut court room for being involved in the warez scene, following his apprehension in April as part of Operation Fastlink. Here is a slice of his email to various press and editorial professionals: 'I am very sorry for what I have done, and after I serve my sentence, I hope I will be able to continue my career in the game industry, and move on with my life. This last year has been incredibly hard for me emotionally, facing the consequences of my bad choices, and I am hopeful for your support, but I'll understand if you want nothing to do with me.'

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I feel safer already...

[ShamusYoung]

Another dangerous criminal apprehended!

Does it go the other way as well?

[pnice]

I would like to know how much this works in the other direction. Sometimes a illegal copy of a game will show up on some warez release list and then about the same time a review of the game will show up on an video game review site. Like maybe some of the net game journalists don't have access to pre-release review copies like the big boys so they get a pirate version of the game from the net so they can be up to date on review, information, screenshots, etc. They may not be the ones distributing but it's still illegal I would think.