Piracy is Illegal?

I am a personal friend of Tyson from Newfoundland, Canada I just called his house about 20 minutes ago and his mom told me that he was taken away by the police. They took five or six of his PCs. That s all 1 know.

Halfmoon2 has been busted. Thirty-two boxes were confiscated with 2004+ DVDs, CDs. HM2 was affiliated with Centropy!

FBI agents came to Avec s house at 9:30 A.M. CMT with a federal search warrant. They took 271 CDs and watched her computer for several hours, monitoring site IRC channels she was in!

These are words of terror to a pirate. This is when the law finally catches up with you. Until now, for many it was just a game, a race, a competition. People who pirate software do not see it as malicious or harmful, it is just a hobby.

When companies get tired of trying to protect their software, and when new copy protection methods are effortlessly defeated, many turn to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for help.

Organized crime is the term used to link crackers, suppliers, and couriers to the illicit trade of black market media in Asia and abroad. A small minority of the scene is linked with known organized crime syndicates. For many in the scene, piracy is just a hobby that they do not profit from. For these pirates, when the FBI breaks down their door, reality very quickly comes crashing down. Yes, piracy is illegal, and your...