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U.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site

May 25, 2005Commerce, Crime, Dave's Muse, Fair Use, Information, Politics, Services, Software, TechnicalBit Torrent, bittorrent, Department of Justice, Downloading, downloads, Elite Torrent, elitetzorrents.org, movies, p2p, peer to peer, star warsTodd Cochrane

U.S. Homeland Security Shuts Down BitTorrent P2P Site
Ten people suspected of involvement with the EliteTorrents webserver were served warrants by homeland security agents. According to the U.S. government agency, this is the first criminal enforcement action taken against violators of copyright law who use the BitTorrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file swapping software. The operation, codenamed D-elite, targeted administrators and content providers working through the EliteTorrents website.

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UA Student Convicted for Downloading Music & Movies

March 7, 2005Commerce, Crime, Dave's Muse, Information, Music, Politics, Security, Software, Technicalcommunity service, conviction, copyright, crimes, digital, download, Downloading, fbi, federal, federal bureau of investigation, jail, maricopa county attorney's office, movies, Music, p2p, parvin dhaliwal, peer to peer, prison, rights, sentence, sentenced, state laws, university of arizonaTodd Cochrane

Parvin Dhaliwal,18, a student at the University of Arizona (UA), is the first person in country to be convicted of a crime under state law for downloading music and movies. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to possession of counterfeit marks, or unauthorized copies of intellectual property, and was sentenced to a three-month deferred jail sentence, three years of probation, 200 hours of community service and a $5,400 fine. Dhaliwal must also take a copyright class at UA and stop using file-sharing applications. What makes this conviction notable is that copyright protection is normally a federal matter.

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