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'Operation Site Down' Closes 8 Warez Servers
JerkyBoy writes "The Entertainment Software Association today hailed efforts on the part of 'U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice's Computer Crimes and Intellectual Property Section, U.S. Attorneys' offices nationwide, and participating foreign law enforcement officials' in the shutting down of at least 8 warez servers that specialized in the distribution of pirated games. With the code-name "Operation Site Down," close to 100 searches were conducted globally (U.S., Canada, Israel, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and Australia) within a 24-hour period, resulting in the identification of 120 individuals who are likely to be pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice."
And you know, warez puppies are traded like cigarettes in lock-up.
This prison rape is brought to you courtesy of the fine folks at Electronic Arts.
Muahahahaha >:-)
- Greg
Start a happiness pandemic
Are they even trying with these operational code names anymore?
If you'll excuse me, I need to begin "Operation Orange Juice Drinking" before the scheduled commencement of "Operation Work Going".
"These people look deep within my soul and assign me a number based on the order in which I joined" --Homer re:
Great, now where am I going to go to find ads for my penis-enhancement products?
Speedy Gonzales ?
How come they only shut down 8 servers if they're conducting searches in 11 countries?
I have a photographic memory for numbers. I know almost a hundred of them.
yes yes yes yes yes..... no.... I think theres still a huge difference between raping a girl and downloading software. I think ... your wrong.
Wow! A whole 8 warez servers? NOW which of the other 1.6 million will I choose from?!
Okay already, enough stick. Can we please have some carrots now?
"In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell
We bring you yet another valiant exploit on the part of America's demoniac Attorney General, as part of the Bush administration's continuing war on peace, happiness, and anything else worth preserving in the world.
At a recent interview, Speedy's mood was triumphant.
"As our beloved Leader has often said, we are unflagging in our commitment to extend death, misery, and tyranny to every corner of the globe.
Wherever happiness exists, wherever human beings may have been under the illusion that they may be safe, wherever justice may have existed in the past, we will travel, and we will unleash our fury upon the most innocent.
The President has vowed that he will not rest until all that was previously good in the world has been erradicated, until the environment, human self-determination, and the cause of anyone to feel or seek joy have all been completely destroyed. The prisons will swell with the innocent and the unjustly accused, rivers the world over will run red with blood, and all lands anywhere in the world other than our own will be made desolate, while we enrich ourselves and ensure that our immediate loved ones alone will have any sense of safety.
We will sweep aside all opposition in our path until we have fulfilled this mission.
Onward!"
You mean "Riddance" rather than "riddens"
Also, as far as criminalization of bootlegging... it's a lot like prohibition-era alcohol production. Once you decriminalize it, these people overnight convert to legitimate businesses.
Nice troll though.
Here in New Zealand the police were also contacted but upon learned it just was a bunch of geeks with some computers they said "Nah we can't be bothered". Instead they raided the local gang and recovered two cannabis plants.
Has this pirate been caught already?
The AACS key is NOT 0xF606EEFD628B1CA427BEA93A9CA9773F
"With the code-name 'Operation Site Down,' close to 100 searches were conducted globally (U.S., Canada, Israel, France, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal, and Australia) within a 24-hour period, resulting in the identification of 120 individuals who are likely to be pursued by the U.S. Department of Justice."
Damn! If only Osama had been running a Warez server!
The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.
8 sites...that's got to be like every single warez site in the country!
Wonder how many millions were spent on this "massive" take down.
"Leo Fender was in a 'state of grace' when he designed the Stratocaster." -- Paul Reed Smith
We may have a naming conflict here... I thought that was the code-name for any /. post that links another site?
Yep, they're in their last "throes."
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More warez sources popping up is a sure sign that the government is winning!
And that puts an end to software piracy. I mean look at the War on Drugs, we won that years ago.
"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence or insanity but they've always worked for me" - HST
if you take the software and pay (x-x)$ you have stolen something
Somewhere, an algebra teacher is crying.
you can have my violent video games when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.
Prime UID Club
There's a special global mint that produces all the numbers. It's huge. It produces millions and millions of numbers each day. And I've just taken two... now, now three... dammit... FIVE of those numbers by stating that fact(*).
They hire huge teams of mathematicians to predict what numbers to produce, so there's not too much of a surplus, and very rarely a shortage. For example, they know that the number '10' is used far more often than '9' and '11', especially because people like using it when making up statistics.
So... lets give a big hat-tip to the underappreciated mathematicians at the global number mint!
Doesn't any one see the irony of this being posted by "taxevader"?
I think someone is just getting a little nervous.