Registered: Sep 2001
Location: UK (Previously Melbourne)
3 Arrested in MP3 Raids
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.
Not much information, i wonder if its true or just being used as a 'scare' tactic?
Apr-25-2003 11:36
Pointy
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Heh...fucking Howard's following the yanks again!
Apr-25-2003 12:32
Chuck Norris
milfhunter in training
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Missing In Action
Are these the infamous DJ SAMMY DOWNLOADERS?
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Apr-25-2003 13:18
BJeT
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Melbourne
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
Apr-25-2003 13:25
webmeister
beats that go thump
Registered: Mar 2002
Location: Sydney Australia
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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Apr-25-2003 13:38
gumble
doing the fat gut strut!
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Melbourne
mp3wma land????
OMG hahahahahahahhahah
i got so much stuff from there years ago.
vengaboys
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Apr-25-2003 13:46
escee
q1dm6
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Perth, Australia
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.
Apr-25-2003 19:00
Hybrid Junkie
Running Down The Way Up
Registered: Feb 2002
Location: Melbourne
quote:
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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Apr-26-2003 07:25
Ves
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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...
Apr-26-2003 07:38
Xavier
DISILLUSIONED IN TRANCE
Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Sydney, Australia
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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IS THAT 50 cENTS!!!! 
