Warez leader get's 18 months in JAIL

[daMANiack]

Hi,

Just come across this, think it will send shivers down many backs, wouldn't like to be some now. I certainly would've liked to be pirating against M$ now that the scene has been set for further arrests and convictions.

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Dammit_I_Changed writes "An alleged leader of an online software piracy group known as Razor1911 has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiracy to violate copyright laws.

The US Justice Department said in a statement that Shane Pitman, 31, North Carolina, was sentenced by US federal Judge James Cacheris in Alexandria, Virginia.



Pitman, known by his screen nickname "Pitbull," was a leader of the underground internet piracy community or "warez scene" and was accused of piracy of computer and console game software.



"The group prided itself on cracking and illegally distributing the most popular software games, usually before their public release date, including such games as Quake, Red Alert, Terminal Velocity, and Warcraft II and III," the Justice Department said.



"Shane Pitman's conviction and sentence should send a strong message to organised internet gangs like Razor1911 that stealing and illegally distributing game software online is not a game," said US Attorney Paul McNulty.



Source: Anonymous

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Cheerz

[billybob3]

Ya, I think I saw this article somewhere else...might have been Wired News. Thanks for the link!

[DoG]

Quote:

Originally posted by billybob3@Jun 21 2003, 11:41 PM
Oh.

Check your PM

[KingCobra]

Quote:

"If other software pirates still entertain the false belief that the internet offers anonymity for this type of copyright infringement, they do so at their own peril."

Pitman was among more than 40 individuals targeted worldwide by Operation Buccaneer, a 14-month undercover investigation by a variety of law enforcement agencies. Other groups targeted were known as DrinkOrDie, RiSC, RiSCISO, Request To Send (RTS), ShadowRealm (SRM), We Love Warez (WLW), and POPZ.

The statement said Pitman is the 22nd person convicted to date on felony copyright infringement charges as a result of Operation Buccaneer.

Source:

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http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6567363%5e15342%5e%5enbv%5e15306-15319,00.html

Edit: Moving to NEWS

[Hunted]

Wow, This will sure mean the "underground" will go further underground.

[MinnesotaKid]

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Originally posted by Hunted@Jun 22 2003, 02:30 AM
Wow, This will sure mean the "underground" will go further underground.

As well it should. Software pirates need to know the risks. Chances are you won't get caught, but there is always that possibilty.

MNKid

[[^LDS Member 2004^]]

Sucks To Be Him!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sux]

lol Razor got caught

[unicorn]

Sux: You shure have an attitude here, one may guess you are friend of RIAA et al?

In general I guess those distributing copyrighted material are at a risk. I also guess they allready know this and try to take precautions (do you put it that way in English?).

Personally I don't know really what to say. Pirating, it might be against the law and maybe in some cases also a proof of a having the moral standards set low. In my case I think I owe the pirates a bunch of thank yous. There has been several times I had the chance to extend the trial period enough to discover a lot of weaknesses in products that I was close to buy. Saved me some money, or rather, made me redirect my money and get better of.

The discussion regarding some companies price politics are also much thanks due to pirating. My guess is that everything eventually could go legal and at honest low prices. Now this will not happen due to common greed. And so there will be software/music/film pirates.

Pirating isn't really my peace of bag, but I also never will burst out in laughter if someone is sent to jail for this kind of crime.

[Sux]

yes i was part of the razor warez group along time ago but i left because i new we would be caught and i told him he would get caught but he said he would never so i left the group and got rid of all my warez