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MPAA Agent Poses As Homebuyer To Catch Pirates

bonch writes "The MPAA used an undercover agent posing as a potential homebuyer to gain access to the home of a British couple charged with running a streaming links site. UK authorities decided not to pursue the case, but the MPAA continued, focusing on a Boston programmer who worked on the site, leading to an unprecedented legal maneuver whereby U.S. charges were dropped in exchange for testimony in a UK fraud case."

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  1. Re:Slashdotters never read articles by similar_name · · Score: 5, Funny

    What are you talking about I don't even read the summary half the time and skip straight to the comments. According to the comments the summary is bad.