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FBI Arrests Eight On Copyright Charges

Posted by Zonk on from the free-isn't-free-anymore dept.

luigi6699 writes "The BBC reports that 'the US authorities have charged eight people in connection with the illegal trading of copyrighted films, music, games and software over the net.' According to Acting Assistant Attorney General John C Richter, 'cases like these are part of the Justice Department's coordinated strategy to protect copyright owners from the online thieves who steal and then sell the products they work so hard to produce.'"

2 of 352 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Selling or Trading? by markdavis · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Does it really matter? Both are illegal and WRONG. Selling it is worse, but I have no sympathy for people being fined or arrested for "sharing", which is still stealing. As long as the methods for catching them are not violating privacy.

  2. Federal Bureau of Idiocy: +1, Patriotic by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait


    If you want to catch real criminals, try The White House.

    Thanks in advance. I would like the FBI to donate the
    U.S. $25 million award to / dot.

    Thanks in advance,
    Kilgore Trout, CEO