nsane.forums Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 Yesterday we reported that, after the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive (IPRED) came into force earlier this week, Swedish Internet traffic dropped by 30%. Now, just a day later, the first file-sharing related arrests have been announced. While the investigation was probably finished before IPRED, it might affect the penalties, if the two are found guilty.Two men, both aged 29, are alleged to have shared copyright infringing files. The police seized their computers and other equipment in the city of Skövde, according to an Aftonbladet report.Fredrik Ingblad, the prosecutor assigned to the case said in a response to the arrests, “The two people in Sweden are suspected of having been part of an international network that have made a large amount of movies available.” When the prosecutor refers to an ‘international network’ he means the Scene. So far he has provided no information on how many files were shared.In addition to sharing copyrighted works, the two are also suspected of operating a so called ‘rip box’, a high powered computer where movies can be quickly decoded and ripped into the appropriate format.The prosecutor further said that the case was part of an international police operation against illegal file-sharing, codenamed Operation Carbonite. The operation is headed by Europol and law enforcement agencies from the USA, UK, The Netherlands, Belgium and Sweden are involved.The two were questioned at a local police station, but at this point it is not known how they responded to the accusations. They will be questioned further, and if IFPI operating manager Lars Gustafsson is to be believed, this is only one of many file-sharing related cases this year.Post from: TorrentFreak</img> View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Lee Posted April 3, 2009 Share Posted April 3, 2009 :battle: it's come to this? Wow arrests seem a bit extreme to me.This doesnt scare me but it did grab my attention. Hopefully thingswont get this bad over here in the us of a.► Rock Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potrzebie Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 :dance2: it's come to this? Wow arrests seem a bit extreme to me.This doesnt scare me but it did grab my attention. Hopefully thingswont get this bad over here in the us of a.► Rock LeeThe two Swedes were sceners... They had a FTP-server with 60+TB of warez, a rip-box in the appartment, etc. It is not related to the hunt for your average pirate. They where released this morning, not yet known if the charges still hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizarre™ Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 @Rock Lee:Better encrypt your hard drive now :dance2: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shought Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Why encrypt your HD, as they're trying to take your PC just 'accidentally' set it on fire or something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atasas Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 "afraid of wolfs?- don't go to the woods!"..on the other hand- I am badly pro Pirate myself, as long as it does not become a matter of greed/money making... therefore: arrest boloc$s!/bad luck and etc, whoever they are- they'll be free shortly, unless some politicians are going to make "show case" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Lee Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 @Rock Lee:Better encrypt your hard drive now :PIt's already encrypted :DWhy encrypt your HD, as they're trying to take your PC just 'accidentally' set it on fire or something...:) or I could drop it out a window & claim it fell :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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