Warez Bust: MaGE Leader Sentenced to Prison

gamepin126 · 11-04-2007, 07:39 PM

Warez Bust: MaGE Leader Sentenced to Prison | TorrentFreak

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Last week, District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Justin Paul Emch for his involvement in the ‘warez scene‘ - specifically an offense claimed to have been carried out when he was leader of the release group ‘MaGE’.

Emch was indicted in yet another action forming Operation Fastlink - a huge undercover investigation carried out by the FBI, the US Department of Justice and Interpol into the ‘warez scene’

It’s claimed that Emch was a leader of the group ‘MaGE’ and worked to supply the group with software. Other members of the group then cracked the software (removed the security/copy protection) and passed the titles back to Emch for testing. The group had a huge collection of copyright material to which Emch had full access.

For his actions, Emch (like a few before him) received 12 months in prison on a felony count of conspiracy to infringe copyright, two years of supervised release and a $5000 fine.

Presumably the authorities will be wanting to keep a tighter grip on Emch than they did with the leader of RISCISO who proved to be quite an annoyance.

Not cool.

Dick · 11-04-2007, 07:45 PM

Dammit GP, all this **** you posted, I'm wetting my pants here. I was blissfully unaware.

gamepin126 · 11-04-2007, 07:46 PM

All this **** just started happening in the last few weeks.

USMCFirebat · 11-04-2007, 07:50 PM

oh man this is brutal.

De · 11-04-2007, 08:03 PM

I take it this **** is going to start happening in canada too. Should I get Peer Guardian just 2 be safe?

gamepin126 · 11-04-2007, 08:15 PM

you don't already have it?

De · 11-04-2007, 08:22 PM

No, I thought in Canada, we have nothing to fear. :[

ScAreCroW · 11-04-2007, 08:23 PM

Well that's just gross, warez never hurt anyone

De · 11-04-2007, 09:27 PM

Alright I downloaded PG2 and ****, I turned it on, should I still be able to surf the web? :/

CrazyGerbilEater · 11-04-2007, 09:32 PM

turn off html blocking, and itll work to a degree

BloodyBlade · 11-04-2007, 09:33 PM

Aren't they busting warez group leaders, not people who download the warez?

Super · 11-04-2007, 10:08 PM

a year in prison, 2 years of surveillance, and $5k???

That's almost nothing.

punture · 11-05-2007, 12:59 AM

What's peer guardian 2?

gamepin126 · 11-05-2007, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by BloodyBlade

Aren't they busting warez group leaders, not people who download the warez?

They're busting actual scene individuals, not so much downloaders.

fire1337-fire1337 · 11-06-2007, 01:05 PM

damn, i was unaware...

11-04-2007, 07:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dick Senior Member Evangelist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Cow-Hampshire Posts: 1,137	Dammit GP, all this **** you posted, I'm wetting my pants here. I was blissfully unaware. __________________

11-04-2007, 08:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
De Private Hack User Gold Member Blessed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,356	I take it this **** is going to start happening in canada too. Should I get Peer Guardian just 2 be safe? __________________

11-04-2007, 08:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
De Private Hack User Gold Member Blessed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,356	No, I thought in Canada, we have nothing to fear. :[ __________________

11-04-2007, 09:27 PM	#9 (permalink)
De Private Hack User Gold Member Blessed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,356	Alright I downloaded PG2 and **, I turned it on, should I still be able** to surf the web? :/ __________________

11-05-2007, 12:59 AM	#13 (permalink)
punture Senior Member Saint Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Canada Posts: 6,050	What's peer guardian 2? __________________

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USMCFirebat (im my #1 fan) Senior Member Gold Member Evangelist Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: L.A. <--> S.D. Posts: 1,010	oh man this is brutal.

11-06-2007, 01:05 PM	#15 (permalink)
fire1337-fire1337 Advocate Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: hell Posts: 296	damn, i was unaware... __________________ Metroid Prime 3 Corruption PWNS