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Police raid BitTorrent site

By Derek Sooman

On December 15, 2004, 4:05 PM

Some more details are emerging on the targeting of BitTorrent by the powers that be on the grounds of piracy.

The Police force in Finland have made raids on a popular BitTorrent file download site, arresting staff and seizing equipment including servers. Arrests included not only the four people who work on the site, but also some 30 volunteers who help administer and run the site. The site, which apparently had some 10,000 users, contained some 6000 torrents, which Police say amounted to millions of dollars worth of films, videos, music and games. If convicted, the site operators face jail of up to two years.

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  1. December 19, 2004 12:06 PM
    genericuser100 said:
    That sucks....
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