Three arrested in MP3 raids
Simon Hayes
APRIL 23, 2003

AUSTRALIAN Federal Police have arrested three people as part of an investigation into alleged music piracy on the internet.

The three - who are understood to be students - were arrested as police executed warrants at four Sydney addresses this morning.
A Federal Police spokesman confirmed the three had been arrested. Police are considering whether charges will be laid.

Australian IT understands the arrests are part of an ongoing investigation into alleged piracy, co-ordinated by the Federal Police and the recording industry.

Last month Federal Police executed search warrants at Telstra and Perth-based ISP Eftel, along with several other ISPs which have not been identified. No wrongoing was attributed to the ISPs.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6326080^15306^^nbv^,00.html

Not much information, i wonder if its true or just being used as a 'scare' tactic?

Heh...fucking Howard's following the yanks again!

Are these the infamous DJ SAMMY DOWNLOADERS?

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shit these things always seem to make me

I'll just about bet that the amount of choonage that these ppl were movin' was a veritable F***load and no doubt all in the wrong sort of places !

2c worth

The guys arrested were the operators of mp3wma.net ... I haven't been there for ages, but if I remember correctly they'd usually have Ministry, Cream etc compilations for download.....

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mp3wma land????


OMG hahahahahahahhahah


i got so much stuff from there years ago.

vengaboys

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just quietly, perhaps federal police should work on stopping the people that press multiple burnt cds then sell them at swap meets for dollars a pop.

piracy would "hurt" companies half as much if they focused on taking out the big fish.

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Originally posted by escee just quietly, perhaps federal police should work on stopping the people that press multiple burnt cds then sell them at swap meets for dollars a pop. piracy would "hurt" companies half as much if they focused on taking out the big fish.

But.... wouldn't that require some degree of intelligence?

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'mp3 raids'! hahah... I find that concept rather amusing. Don't the federal police have anything better to do with their time? Shouldn't they be concerning themselves with, dare I say, more serious crimes?

It just seems so pointless to me. for fuck's sake, 'mp3 raids'. That's pathetic...

Great their busy doing mp3 raids, now I can participate in gang rapes, robberies and murders all around Australia with no one to track me down.

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Originally posted by Hybrid Junkie But.... wouldn't that require some degree of intelligence?

the australian federal police after the bali terrorist bombings:



"I think i dropped my keys here last night. or maybe i locked them in the car.......again "

"OMFG! IS THAT 50 cENTS!!!! "


But im just suprised how they managed to find all those mp3s when someone like me dosent even have access to the HUB?

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Originally posted by Hybrid Junkie But.... wouldn't that require some degree of intelligence?

i thought they did on tv all the time?
cant someone wear a wire?