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Warner Brothers Hiring Undercover Anti-Pirates

Posted by samzenpus on from the WB-privateers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "TorrentFreak reports that Warner Brothers UK is hiring college students with an IT background to participate in an internship that will pit them against pirates on the Web in an effort to crack down on illegal digital distribution. The intern will literally be on the front-lines of the epic battle against pirated content, ensnaring users in incriminating transactions, issuing takedown requests, and causing general frustration amongst the file-sharing population on the Internet."

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  1. Sellouts by h4rr4r · · Score: 0, Troll

    I guess some people will do anything for money.

    1. Re:Sellouts by Threni · · Score: 0, Troll

      I would do anything for enough money, and, if you're being honest, so would you. It just depends on how much money, and how badly you need it.

  2. Re:A fools errand by stonewallred · · Score: 0, Troll

    I got a notice from TWC the other day saying I was downloading copyrighted material. I responded with an email and a phone call demanding to know who was monitoring my downloads, and under what court order they were doing sd. I also accused them of giving my data to unauthorized people. They started backpedaling and stammering, switching me to eight different drones. Finally one said they had received a notice from an unnamed company(to me that is). I demanded to know who the company was and wanted to appeal the notice and threat it contained. In the end I got want I wanted. An email from TWC stating the notification I received was issued in error and that I was not suspected nor accused of downloading any copyrighted material. I saved it on a thumbdrive and fired utorrent back up to finish DLing the entire collection of South Park season 9. Fuck copyright. They broadcast these shows over the fucking airwaves for free and complain about me downloading a copy. Fuck their mothers, wives, daughters and fucking dogs too.