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Music Piracy Unit Raids ISP in BitTorrent Assault

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the blunder-down-under dept.

renai42 writes "Australia's music industry piracy investigations unit has raided an Internet service provider in Perth, Australia in what it says is the first Australian assault on the use of BitTorrent technology for copyright infringement. Outgoing Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) general manager, Michael Speck, said the raid was launched this afternoon at the offices of Swiftel Communications."

5 of 379 comments (clear)

  1. Just when we were told to go build startups... by Neko-kun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    they go off and raid and ISP! Well, there goes the idea of making an ISP startup

  2. Video clib of his annoucement by CmdrPuto · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=225 8

  3. Re:Company name by jchuillier · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why call it PEOPLE's democratic.... it should be called the CORPORATION's democratic... In the good old days in the original people's republic it was the state controlling the corporations, in the US today (and Australia) it seems it's the opposite...but in any case the PEOPLE is excluded...

  4. Re:Company name by ruzel · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Hear! Hear!

    Although I think it should be the Corporate Repulic of the United States of North America and the Middle East so that it can have a cool acronym: CRUSNAME

    Almost as good as NATO. Beside, why include democracy in the new name? Voting is a scam.

  5. Re:Company name by poot_rootbeer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    New name for the USA could/should be: People's
    Democratic Republic of the United States of
    North America and the Middle East.

    What's with the short short line wrapping? Are you typing your comments on a 40-column VIC-20 display?