This is an interesting but predictable move by the police.
http://www.slyck.com/story1700_Download_Revolution_BustedWhile BitTorrent busts seem to come cheap these days, a significant number of the entertainment hungry populace have abandoned this protocol in exchange for file-sharing communities that use upload sites such as MegaUpload.com and RapidShare. Such was the case for DownloadRevolution.net, where nearly 30,000 individuals traded prime entertainment in a forum environment.
Today, Italian police raided the home administration of DownloadRevolution.net, arresting 4 individuals. According to one translated Italian report, 3 of the 4 individuals were “children”, however, their ages weren’t divulged. The raid on the administration’s home resulted in the seizure of 17 computers, 3 external hard disks, 1 memory card, 486 CD-ROMs and DVDs and, according to the difficult to read translation, about 5,700 unauthorized duplications. According to the police and the prosecution, their investigation revealed that over “6,405 works protected by copyright between music files, videos, games, software and various movies” were traded, most of which were music files.
There is more info on this raid at the slycks link above, nice to see a return of Toms own reports
I think we can all see this guy was messing with the law in a way that would see him end up as he did, you cant upload items with impunity onto a third party server from your own address and then not expect the content owner to come knocking, what was he thinking.
