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Old 11-04-2007, 07:39 PM   #1 (permalink)
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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.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:45 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Dammit GP, all this **** you posted, I'm wetting my pants here. I was blissfully unaware.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:46 PM   #3 (permalink)
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All this **** just started happening in the last few weeks.
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Old 11-04-2007, 07:50 PM   #4 (permalink)
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oh man this is brutal.
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Old 11-04-2007, 08:03 PM   #5 (permalink)
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I take it this **** is going to start happening in canada too. Should I get Peer Guardian just 2 be safe?
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Old 11-04-2007, 08:15 PM   #6 (permalink)
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you don't already have it?
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Old 11-04-2007, 08:22 PM   #7 (permalink)
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No, I thought in Canada, we have nothing to fear. :[
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Old 11-04-2007, 08:23 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Well that's just gross, warez never hurt anyone
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Old 11-04-2007, 09:27 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Alright I downloaded PG2 and ****, I turned it on, should I still be able to surf the web? :/
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Old 11-04-2007, 09:32 PM   #10 (permalink)
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turn off html blocking, and itll work to a degree
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Old 11-04-2007, 09:33 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Aren't they busting warez group leaders, not people who download the warez?
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Old 11-04-2007, 10:08 PM   #12 (permalink)
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a year in prison, 2 years of surveillance, and $5k???

That's almost nothing.
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Old 11-05-2007, 12:59 AM   #13 (permalink)
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What's peer guardian 2?
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Old 11-05-2007, 01:46 AM   #14 (permalink)
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They're busting actual scene individuals, not so much downloaders.
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Old 11-06-2007, 01:05 PM   #15 (permalink)
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damn, i was unaware...
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