Justice Dept Raids Online Piracy Networks

[Pablo]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators have raided 120 sites across the globe to break up online piracy networks that distribute copyrighted music, movies and software, the U.S. Justice Department (news - web sites) said on Thursday.

The investigation, carried out in 27 U.S. states and 10 foreign countries, targeted covert "warez" groups that distribute computer games and other works before they are officially released, the Justice Department said.

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edit- Trimmed down to appease the cruel Reuters gods.- Shawn

This following is unconfirmed by myself but I've seen it on several boards.

Sites down: * A ABS AGD AKSCON AKSISO AKSXXX ANA APG APV ASM ASMDVD ATL ATLVCD B52 BAR BBL BR CI COA COJ CUB D0 DBN DLR DOT EBI ECD EGO EPD F00 FBI FOX FS HOV HS HSG HWK ICE JAS KBR MHC MXM NB NFT NLT NLTDVD NU O PH PI PIM QH RNX S SEX SHO SLM SLOW T T0X TCIA TE TEC TF TLF TNL TOR TP TP.NO TPL TR TS.NO TSC TUS TWW WF XRAY APV FBI.nl FS PI.hu TB.hu TLZ.us DC ASMDVD tlz.hub and iz.hub

groups busted and confirmed:

KALISTO :PS2 GAMES (SURE)

FLT : GAMES (SURE)

DCi: SVCD/VCD/SCREENERS (unsure)

ECHELON: PS2 (SURE)

Class : PC GAME RIPS/DOX (SURE)

PROJECT-X : XBOX (SURE)

DIGNITY : DVDR (unsure)

GAYLORDS : DVDR (unsure)

MaGE : PC APZ ISOS ( unsure)

[Ken]

There are plenty more.

I, personaly, have two other release groups in mind, that are not on this list. (Not busted, I mean)

Edited April 23, 2004 by Ken