Finnish FBI Raids Warez Topsites Following MPA, IFPI and BSA Investigation - GoFuckYourself.com

Aussie Rebel · 11-20-2007, 01:25 PM

Interesting

A crack police unit dedicated to tackling organized crime in Finland has conducted a series of raids on so-called Warez-Scene Topsites, arresting three individuals and seizing equipment and an alleged 10 terabytes of files. Years in prison are threatened for those involved.

According to its website, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation?s (NBI) main responsibility is ?to fight the most serious, professional and organized crime.? Understandably, they?re currently involved in the investigation into the terrible recent shooting at a Finnish school but apparently simple piracy demands their resources too.

Following complaints from Finland?s Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) and a subsequent investigation by anti-piracy teams, Friday 16th November saw NBI police raids against Warez-Scene ?Topsites? - servers where release groups first place pirate material. According to Antti Kotilainen, CIAPC Director, ?Topsites? are ?the absolute top of internet piracy and their activity enables sharing of millions of illegal files.?

The multi-site raids in Oulu, Finland, saw the arrest of three people and the seizure of many computers and around 10 terabytes of data. An investigation in to the nature of the seized data is focused on finding copyright infringements which in this case are said to carry a penalty of up to two years in prison.

CIAPC Director Antti Kotilainen explains: ?These top sites have been sharing movies, music and computer games as well as software. Each site was also specialized in sharing particular material, such as animation, Finnish movies or the newest videogames.?

Showing a united front, the many organizations involved in the raids were all quick to put their spokesperson forward for comments about how these topsites affected their particular industry. Jeremy Banks, the IFPI?s chief internet Anti-Piracy officer said: ?These actions by the Finnish police send a powerful message to operators of infringing servers: contrary to what you may think, you are not anonymous - you can and you will be caught. These sites were run by highly sophisticated operators who were stealing music and damaging the legitimate music community on a very large scale.?

For the movie industry, Halli Kristinsson, Vice-President and Director of the MPA?s European, Middle East and African anti-piracy operations explained the importance of the various industry associations working together: ?These raids prove that efficient co-operation between MPA, ISFE, IFPI and BSA has lead to the fact that the net around top sites and release groups is tightening all the time. These actions will not be the last of their kind.?

John Wolfe, Director of Internet Enforcement at the Business Software Alliance (BSA) applauded the ?strong and visible action against internet Topsites? stressing that ?Individuals like the ones operating the sites raided last Friday contribute to the staggering losses that Internet piracy causes the software industry.?

Following on from yesterday?s report about a Topsite Site-Op leaking information to the press in Finland?s neighbor, Norway, pressure seems to be building on Scene members in Scandinavia.

When countries consider piracy to be among the most serious crimes today - worthy of the precious time and resources of their most skilled investigators - it?s no wonder Scene members go to unprecedented lengths to hide their identities.
http://torrentfreak.com/finnish-fbi-...psites-071120/

Snake Doctor · 11-20-2007, 01:26 PM

Prosecuting copyright infringement is a good thing for us, even indirectly

Klen · 11-20-2007, 01:26 PM

Nice,but still millions of others remaining

Phoenix · 11-20-2007, 01:31 PM

seeing as i dont get any joins from torrent sites or the like

i see this as good

L-Pink · 11-20-2007, 01:32 PM

nice

seeric · 11-20-2007, 01:33 PM

yep, looks like nothing is happening and no one ever gets busted.

just the beginning. tip of the iceberg.

pornguy · 11-20-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Nice,but still millions of others remaining

agreed. I just hope that some of the smaller ones get scared, and fold up, and that will be a start.

pr0 · 11-20-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Nice,but still millions of others remaining

George bush quote....wow never thought i'd do that

"We'll build more jails"

Aussie Rebel · 11-20-2007, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix

seeing as i dont get any joins from torrent sites or the like

i see this as good

Great to see

there's not many companies here that can say that

pr0 · 11-20-2007, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by A1R3K

yep, looks like nothing is happening and no one ever gets busted.

just the beginning. tip of the iceberg.

yea because all the 16 year olds running them are real scared of prison

Arkantiger · 11-20-2007, 01:37 PM

nice work

crockett · 11-20-2007, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0

yea because all the 16 year olds running them are real scared of prison

Na they will likely just to back to news groups and more underground like it used to be. I bet once they start cracking down on these guys it's going to make it worse on us.

I think you will see more guy pulling the crap like maddog does making users sign up to porn sites and telling them how to cancel. The traffic for illegal software is there and there is a lot of it.

As long as there is traffic people will try and get it. Just look at the spammers, did they stop spamming?

papill0n · 11-20-2007, 01:50 PM

good to hear - thanks for keeping us updated mate

u-Bob · 11-20-2007, 02:01 PM

great

TheSwed · 11-20-2007, 02:12 PM

But it most be a pain for IFPI that Thepiratebay now are the owner of ifpi.com
http://torrentfreak.com/ifpi-now-own...atebay-071012/

riddler · 11-20-2007, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Nice,but still millions of others remaining

you dont realise what a topsite is right?

a topsite is some of the main servers that host 0day/fresh scene shit

then from there it channels in to the smaller sectors, usenet, torrents, emule, irc, etc.

Aussie Rebel · 11-20-2007, 03:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben

good to hear - thanks for keeping us updated mate

No probs mate

Klen · 11-20-2007, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by riddler

you dont realise what a topsite is right?

a topsite is some of the main servers that host 0day/fresh scene shit

then from there it channels in to the smaller sectors, usenet, torrents, emule, irc, etc.

Actualy toplist have most traffic then any other sites.For example sites like isohunt.com mininova etc. work on same concept.If you hit toplists then all other sites will fall.

thonglife · 11-20-2007, 04:31 PM

Good news.. what a blow to Platinum Bucks though.

seeric · 11-20-2007, 04:34 PM

theres a new mentality i have with this as does the piracy groups.

dont talk about shit on boards. just do.

i don't waste my time arguing with anyone or trying to teach people.

better things to do.

bns666 · 11-20-2007, 04:38 PM

blah ...

riddler · 11-20-2007, 05:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KlenTelaris

Actualy toplist have most traffic then any other sites.For example sites like isohunt.com mininova etc. work on same concept.If you hit toplists then all other sites will fall.

TOPSITE not toplist..

topsite is a dump for scenes

11-20-2007, 01:25 PM	#1
Aussie Rebel Blow Me U Geeks Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Maximum Security Posts: 5,108	Finnish FBI Raids Warez Topsites Following MPA, IFPI and BSA Investigation Interesting A crack police unit dedicated to tackling organized crime in Finland has conducted a series of raids on so-called Warez-Scene Topsites, arresting three individuals and seizing equipment and an alleged 10 terabytes of files. Years in prison are threatened for those involved. According to its website, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation?s (NBI) main responsibility is ?to fight the most serious, professional and organized crime.? Understandably, they?re currently involved in the investigation into the terrible recent shooting at a Finnish school but apparently simple piracy demands their resources too. Following complaints from Finland?s Copyright Information and Anti-Piracy Centre (CIAPC) and a subsequent investigation by anti-piracy teams, Friday 16th November saw NBI police raids against Warez-Scene ?Topsites? - servers where release groups first place pirate material. According to Antti Kotilainen, CIAPC Director, ?Topsites? are ?the absolute top of internet piracy and their activity enables sharing of millions of illegal files.? The multi-site raids in Oulu, Finland, saw the arrest of three people and the seizure of many computers and around 10 terabytes of data. An investigation in to the nature of the seized data is focused on finding copyright infringements which in this case are said to carry a penalty of up to two years in prison. CIAPC Director Antti Kotilainen explains: ?These top sites have been sharing movies, music and computer games as well as software. Each site was also specialized in sharing particular material, such as animation, Finnish movies or the newest videogames.? Showing a united front, the many organizations involved in the raids were all quick to put their spokesperson forward for comments about how these topsites affected their particular industry. Jeremy Banks, the IFPI?s chief internet Anti-Piracy officer said: ?These actions by the Finnish police send a powerful message to operators of infringing servers: contrary to what you may think, you are not anonymous - you can and you will be caught. These sites were run by highly sophisticated operators who were stealing music and damaging the legitimate music community on a very large scale.? For the movie industry, Halli Kristinsson, Vice-President and Director of the MPA?s European, Middle East and African anti-piracy operations explained the importance of the various industry associations working together: ?These raids prove that efficient co-operation between MPA, ISFE, IFPI and BSA has lead to the fact that the net around top sites and release groups is tightening all the time. These actions will not be the last of their kind.? John Wolfe, Director of Internet Enforcement at the Business Software Alliance (BSA) applauded the ?strong and visible action against internet Topsites? stressing that ?Individuals like the ones operating the sites raided last Friday contribute to the staggering losses that Internet piracy causes the software industry.? Following on from yesterday?s report about a Topsite Site-Op leaking information to the press in Finland?s neighbor, Norway, pressure seems to be building on Scene members in Scandinavia. When countries consider piracy to be among the most serious crimes today - worthy of the precious time and resources of their most skilled investigators - it?s no wonder Scene members go to unprecedented lengths to hide their identities. http://torrentfreak.com/finnish-fbi-...psites-071120/

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11-20-2007, 04:34 PM	#20
seeric .......... Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: .......... Posts: 41,917	theres a new mentality i have with this as does the piracy groups. dont talk about shit on boards. just do. i don't waste my time arguing with anyone or trying to teach people. better things to do.