Finnish police raid BitTorrent site
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 10:34 am
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/12/14/fi...ittorrent_site/
Police in Finland have raided the operations of a popular BitTorrent file download site, seizing equipment and arresting four people who ran the site. Around 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site were also arrested.
Police say the site had 10,000 users, all Finnish, who downloaded illegally-copied content worth millions of euros. The site featured 6000 torrents, including film, videos, music and games.
If convicted, the site operators face jail of up to two years and are liable for claims for damages from content owners.
According to Finnish-language newspaper reports, the police liaised with Interpol and Elisa, a local ISP, in their investigations.
They should've use Peerguardian
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Police in Finland have raided the operations of a popular BitTorrent file download site, seizing equipment and arresting four people who ran the site. Around 30 volunteers who helped moderate the site were also arrested.
Police say the site had 10,000 users, all Finnish, who downloaded illegally-copied content worth millions of euros. The site featured 6000 torrents, including film, videos, music and games.
If convicted, the site operators face jail of up to two years and are liable for claims for damages from content owners.
According to Finnish-language newspaper reports, the police liaised with Interpol and Elisa, a local ISP, in their investigations.
They should've use Peerguardian
Archived topic from Anythingforums, old topic ID:1422, old post ID:18091