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Anti-Piracy Bureau of Sweden Planted Evidence

American Sweden writes "Concerning the bust at the Swedish ISP Bahnhof on March 10, IDG Sweden is reporting that Bahnhof has posted their findings of an internal inspection. It seems as if the Anti-Piracy Buereau of Sweden and their infiltrator "Rouge" had a good deal of involvement in supporting the busted FTP server not only with hardware but with so called "warez" as well. The blog of Lars Backlund has a translated version of the interview conducted in the report of Bahnhof." P2PNet.net has a breakdown of the relevant details as well. From the article: "As it turns out, APB (or, rather, their hired informer) supplied the servers and uploaded copyrighted materials. So that's why they were so sure to find stuff, they put it there!"

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  1. On this occasion... by brouski · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think an "OH SNAP!" is appropriate.

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    1. Re:On this occasion... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      Oh no you di'in't!

    2. Re:On this occasion... by Iblis · · Score: 5, Funny

      People should have realized this when they found the file called "All yör båse are belöng tö us" among the warez...

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    3. Re:On this occasion... by WoBIX · · Score: 3, Funny

      You forgot the "bork bork bork" at the end.

  2. Only in America.... by EmbeddedJanitor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh, wait...

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    1. Re:Only in America.... by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 4, Funny

      Back in my day, you had to dress up like an Arab and hire a yacht if you wanted to entrap somebody, and we liked it that way!

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    2. Re:Only in America.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      I for one welcome our new US Media Company Overlords....

      Sorry, had to say it.

  3. ah-HA !! by jpiggot · · Score: 5, Funny
    So THAT explains why all those bootleg "ABBA" records were on that server !!

    Man, it's always the innocent and blond that suffer.

    1. Re:ah-HA !! by forceflow2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, I think the people who downloaded the ABBA suffered

    2. Re:ah-HA !! by Hansu · · Score: 2, Funny

      In Soviet Russia ABBA downloads YOU!

      I guess this covers just about all...
      Oh, and I for one welcome our new evidence planting ABBA overlords.

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    3. Re:ah-HA !! by EvilTwinSkippy · · Score: 4, Funny

      I believe it will be the Waterloo of the Anti-Piracy Comission's battles. For the rest of their existance they will be asking the courts to "Take a chance on me."

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  4. Rouge? by AAeyers · · Score: 3, Funny

    It seems as if the Anti-Piracy Buereau of Sweden and their infiltrator "Rouge" had a good deal of involvement in supporting the busted FTP server not only with hardware but with so called "warez" as well.

    "Rouge"?
    "warez"?

    CowboyNeal?!

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  5. "warez" by pablonhd · · Score: 5, Funny

    So called "warez" ? "warez" did all this software come from? From Anti-Piracy Buereau of Sweden of course! What you pun?

  6. Re:Found _something_ by jonfelder · · Score: 5, Funny

    In other news they didn't find the droids they were looking for either.

  7. Off Topic : How to pronoune "warez" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I used to work with a guy who had the worst command of English ever. What made this more perplexing was that it was his native tongue. Anyway, we developed a lexicon of terms that he couldn't pronounce.

    Alias? "Uh lie us".
    Executable? "Egg ZEK you table"
    Egregious? "Eee gruh gare eee us" (like e-gregarious")

    Anyway, his most..er.. egregious offense was when he came across the term "0day warez." We were at lunch talking about software or something else nerdy and he mentioned "Oday Juarez" (oh-day war ezz). I thought he was talking about an Iraqi-Mexican immigrant that had just started at work or something.

    No. He read 0day warez as "Oday Juarez."

    If I ever sign up for a Slashdot account, Oday Juarez is going to be my nick.

    1. Re:Off Topic : How to pronoune "warez" by Ohreally_factor · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'd scoff at you, but I don't want one of the 593550 people with a lower number than mine scoffing at me.

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    2. Re:Off Topic : How to pronoune "warez" by SuperQ · · Score: 2, Funny

      EnsignTaco? Back in my day, we just called him TacoBoy ;)

    3. Re:Off Topic : How to pronoune "warez" by himself · · Score: 2, Funny

      >
      > No. He read 0day warez as "Oday Juarez."
      >
      I am helpess in the grip of the obligatory WKRP In Cincinnati quote:

      Johnny: Les, correct me if I'm wrong, but have you developed a recent fondness for alliteration?

      Les: Well, I'm trying to find a style, Johnny. All good newsmen nowadays have to have a style in order to stand out from the crowd.

      Johnny: But Les, you've always had a real style of your own. How many newsmen called Chi Chi Rodrigues "Chiy-Chiy Rodwagwayz"? And what is it you call those little Mexican dogs?

      Les: "Cheehooahooas"?

      Johnny: That's style, Les!

  8. Rouge? by damiangerous · · Score: 2, Funny

    Really? The informer went by the name rouge ? That's pretty funny, and points out the hazards of trying to use a language in which you aren't native just because it sounds/looks cool. Kinda like those people who get random Chinese characters tattooed on them.

  9. What do Swedish Pirates themselves have to say? by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny

    I veell seenk yuoor sheep und ploonder yuoor buuty und peellege-a yuoor vumee. Avast, yuoor feelleges und buets veell feer. Hurty flurty schnipp schnipp! Arrrghh. I vurk vurk vurk und em keelhaul zee scuoorge-a ooff zee ooceuns. Um gesh dee vork vork vork!

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    1. Re:What do Swedish Pirates themselves have to say? by Soulfarmer · · Score: 3, Funny

      That sounded A LOT more like dutch than swedish... :)

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  10. Re: "Oh Snap?" by Superfreaker · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Oh Snap!"

    That phrase really dates you. I think you were looking for something more like:
    "Homey don't play dat!"

  11. Oh dear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    No, that phrase is [i]never[/i] appropriate.

    Lame =).

    I don't know what's more lame, the phrase you were referring to, our your attempted use of BBCode on Slashdot.

  12. Re:Those warez of by BoomerSooner · · Score: 2, Funny

    I always wondered if there were republicans/conservatives in Sweden. Guess I know for certain now.

  13. Vikings Arrr by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Aren't Swedish Pirates called Vikings and don't they wear Horny hats instead of Eye patches?

  14. this sounds familiar ... by SimonInOz · · Score: 5, Funny

    Come on, hand them over - we know you have weapons of mass destruction, we have the receipts!

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  15. Re:What constitutes "hard time" in a Swedish priso by Hannes+Eriksson · · Score: 3, Funny

    For some reason I envision a maximum security prison in Sweden being more like a college dorm than a prison.
    I suspect that might be more correct insight than intended. There are people going to Sweden who would regard emprisonment a paid vacation. Maybe not maximum security prison, but prision isn't a punishment in .se, it's a way of keeping society safe. Now I'm getting carried away again. I'd better stop typing. Argv, I cannot! but.. well, uhm. aaaaah[connection reset by peer]

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  16. Re:Those warez of by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    That the answer is no? Repubs/conservatives would have searched based on faulty evidence and not found anything. It takes the genius of a dem/neoliberal to plant the evidence and insure vindication.