FBI Arrests Eight On Copyright Charges

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.'"

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Consumer

[mboverload]

Glad to see our government is looking out for the consumer.

Arresting teens for committing the hideous crime of downloading music and stopping monopolies right in their tracks.

Ok, maybe not the second part, but 1/2 isn't that bad.

What were you arrested for, kid?

[Anonymous Coward]

Copyright Infringement

And they all moved away from me on the bench

Re:What were you arrested for, kid?

[Nirvelli]

And creatin' a nuisance!

Re:I wonder

[mboverload]

The RIAA offered to take up his propagand...er...I mean, speech writing department.

Re:I wonder

[phobos13013]

I LIKE this logic!
Now if we could only get Bush to misrepresent the truth in only the way he can under grand jury proceedings about say weapons of mass destruction in Iraq... we could arrest him for LYING UNDER OATH by the Figure of Speech conversion.

Re:Osama who?

[phobos13013]

Dont you GET IT man?! If we put going after and arresting the terrorists over propping up American Corporate culture... THEY WIN!!!!!!

The question now is... who are THEY?!?!!!

Re:Operation FastLink

[01000011011101000111]

Ah, but the child porn they were distributing had been released by the FBI as part of an entrapment plan - therefore the feds had the copyrights to it... And the FBI know full well they stand a better chance of getting you to serve a long term with Copyright breach charges than with child porno charges :( (Note: This is intended as a joke... not too sure if it isn't true tho :'( )