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Police Raid 9-Year-Old Pirate Bay Girl, Confiscate Winnie The Pooh Laptop
An anti-piracy company has found itself in the middle of a huge controversy. CIAPC, the company that had The Pirate Bay blocked by ISPs in Finland, tracked an alleged file-sharer and demanded a cash settlement. However, the Internet account holder refused to pay which escalated things to an unprecedented level. In response, this week police raided the home of the 9-year-old suspect and confiscated her Winnie the Pooh laptop.
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To stop matters progressing further the man was advised to pay a settlement of 600 euros, sign a non-disclosure document, and move on with his life. He chose not to give in to the demands of CIAPC and this week things escalated as promised.
Tuesday morning the doorbell of the family home rang around 8am and the man, who works in the hospitality sector, had quite a shock. Police were at his door with a search warrant authorizing the hunt for evidence connected to illicit file-sharing.
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Having failed in her quest to put enough money in her piggy bank to buy the latest album from local multi-platinum-selling songstress Chisu, in 2011 she turned to the Internet, first via Google and then The Pirate Bay.
The girls father said the resulting downloads didnt work so the following day they went to the store to buy music. Nevertheless, this weeks police visit shows that CIAPC mean business, no matter how young the targets or whether or not they also buy music.
http://torrentfreak.com/police-raid-9-year-old-pirate-bay-girl-confiscate-winnie-the-pooh-laptop-121122/
vaberella
(24,634 posts)The government is losing their mind. What is so different here if I borrowed it from my friend and copied it? What is so different if I went to the fuckin' library and borrowed it? What the fuck is done to the Library when they get these copies for free? This is assholery. I hate celebrities and all this started because of that Metallica guy--fuck them all!!
Ruining the life of a little girl over some music? Taking her winnie the pooh laptop for that?! Fuck them, fuck them to hell.
TwilightGardener
(46,416 posts)Sorry, I just had to say that. It's out of my system now.