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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Re:Piracy, and making money

[Anonymous Coward]

That is not the problem here. I'm okay with the charges against them, the way they went about DOING it is quite another thing.

Since when does the MPAA get to play police themselves? Last I checked their are not a government law enforcement agency.