Anti-Piracy Boss Saved From Death, Can’t Close Torrent Sites
Written by enigmax on May 24, 2009The chief of Lithuania’s main anti-piracy outfit has a mountain to climb in dealing with piracy – online penetration is at almost 100% and closing torrent sites is no cakewalk. After announcing plans for a crackdown, people suggested collecting money to have him killed but this hatred is nothing new. An earlier plot aimed to blow him up.
If you think that the likes of the RIAA, MPAA and IFPI have a huge task in front of them in tackling online piracy, spare a thought for Lithuanian Anti-Piracy Association (LANVA) President Vytas Simanavicius. His organization has to tackle an unprecedented level of media piracy which online has reached 99%. To add insult to injury they also have to deal with the embarrassment of being pwned at the hands of BitTorrent site admins.
In an interview last year, Simanavicius revealed that one of his biggest problems comes from BitTorrent sites. Pointing to the efficiency of online pirates, Simanavicius spoke of popular Lithuanian artist Vilnius Andrius Mamontovas holding a press conference where he gave out a handful of promo CDs to gathered journalists. Within thirty minutes the album was already available for download on the country’s torrent sites, a situation Simanavicius hopes to do something about.
Simanavicius went on to explain that these days torrent sites have become “private”, i.e to gain access potential members need to be invited by existing members. Once on the site his team can begin tracking users and gathering evidence but this has its problems too, since their IP addresses can be identified by the site owners. Simanavicius says his staff counter this by using their home connections instead, which are much harder to identify.
There are around ten larger torrent sites but Lithuania also has a smaller problem in the shape of Direct Connect hubs, which number around eight. Simanavicius explains that they are doing everything they can to shut them down but says that the most prominent of Lithuania’s sites have moved to hosting outside the country. He says they have many difficulties with one particular Netherlands-based host but more recently the problems are coming from Ukrainian hosts who seem less inclined to take down sites and are very hard to even make contact with. Indeed, Demonoid seems to operate perfectly well from its Ukraine-based hosting. Nevertheless, Simanavicius says he has sent all his evidence to the Ukrainian Anti-Piracy Association and is now waiting for results. He’s been waiting 6 months so far, and nothing has happened.
Linkomanija is one of Lithuania’s biggest private trackers and a thorn in the side of the Lithuanian Anti-Piracy Association. Even though Simanavicius says they know who the owner is (his name is Kestas Ermanas) and have ordered him to close the site via email and standard post, the site remains open. Although Simanavicius seems determined to have the site closed, it is by no means clear that the site is even breaking any of Lithuania’s laws.
Of course, like many anti-piracy bosses, Simanavicius is making more than his fair share of enemies with his activities, even though his job seems almost impossible and his results limited at best. After the interview with Lithuanian publication lrytas.lt, a campaign was started to encourage donations to a fund which would be spent on having Simanavicius killed. Just a few weeks ago the Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau tracked down the people allegedly responsible and made several arrests.
Unfortunately death threats are nothing new for Simanavicius. After taking apart a commercial physical piracy operation in recent years and seriously motivating the individuals behind it, it was discovered that he was being followed by people determined to blow up his car – with him inside it. The police foiled the plot.
Getting rid of Lithuanian BitTorrent sites might be a huge task for Simanavicius but unlike the physical pirates he upset previously, it’s doubtful that uTorrent users will try to kill him for closing their torrent site. In fact his job is so tough and results so low, they just might end up feeling sorry for him.
Then again, maybe not.
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104 Responses
WOW
Umm…wow…wish I had something clever to say but death threats aren’t really something to joke about
I love the internet
lol poor guy i’d hate to see what his wife looks like
how would one go about that? Paypal? lol
Well killing a guy for doing his job is little bit overboard. Better make a fund to change laws in Lithuania or make your own Pirate party instead…
As if such violent measures will bring any good to torrent sites. More like they will give arguments that torrent are indeed connected to terrorists or something…
I hope he doesn’t get killed, but if he does I know I won’t shed a tear.
Now HERE’S a place to host torrent sites :D
99%? Were I Simanavicius, I’d give up. Especially if my butt was in serious danger.
Respect to the guy for bringing down the physical piracy ring. That really does fund crime.
LOL @ #5 Virate:
“how would one go about that? Paypal?”
typo on last line
it reads “There again, maybe not.”
should be “Then again, maybe not.”
Downlud torrentz – itz da bomb XD
If the mpaa or riaa ever harass me I’ll accept donations to do what needs done.
Do you take wire transfer?
“Ermanas has openly boasted that no-one can touch him and has created a limited liability company to cover him and the site”
Say what?
Well, I am from Lithuanian. I know this story. Actually no one knows if it is true, it can be even made up story from antip2p group, to make pplz against such sites. In Lithuanian about 25% internet population is using these big community’s to exchange information.
This story is a bit misleading. Even explosion part can be fake, cause he says it has happened few years back, then he worked with different organization, and was raiding warez from marketplaces.
No need to be to much sensitive on this news. If some kids send few emails, no need to worries. Lithuanian internet community is not very grow. Most pplz use internet for few years, and they are kids now, but growing.
Peace.
I am glad he got what he deserved for bullying people and threatening everyone who uses the internet. I hope they kill that son of bitch sooner to set example out of him. I will not waste a second of my time to feel sorry for such a corporate criminal. I hope the death threats will persistently coming his way and eventually blow up his stupid ass once and for all. It is about time someone show these corporate criminals that they are not the only people who can bully and threat people. It only takes one shot with one bullet to permanently put that asshole to the grave. Let hope that it happens sooner.
Wow, how pathetic is that. I mean I’m all pro-piracy and stuff but these stupid script-kiddies are just ridiculous. How are we ever going to make a point that “we” are right with the direction media distribution is going when bastards like that go around making threats and try to force their ways. We have already won in a way … no need to kick the poor suckers who are already down.
wow, what a mess.
all right he’s the boss of anti-filesharing org but that does not justify killing people…heak nothing does really.
do fundraising to start a political part for pro-filesharing….but fundrasing for killing a man who is lawfully doing his job?
Even if those people do succeeded to kill him (or even hurt him a little), he’ll get sympathy from people or at least the government or foreign anti-filesharing agencies…which would mean major flow of $…with enough $ they prolly would shut down those torrent sites lulz
I would like to see more of this kinda stuff. Would make the corrupt bastards think twice.
excellent article enigmax thanks
However I don’t like pay-to-enter-fileshare-sites, he could better give up. Or the MAFIAA are paying his life insurance, that keep him doing his job…
But even if it is, I should terminate the job and run away with 10 ballistic vest around my body…
Anti-piracy organisations are one thing, but death threats? These guys need to be arrested and locked away. These idiots also hurt our cause, making us look like the criminals we’re made out to be.
I’d like to remind people about Gandhi – he stood up against something that was a lot bigger and a lot worse for what he believed in (and was imprisoned several times as a result), yet stoutly refused to condone violence.
Sad thing is, this guy was really efficient back in the day when he was cracking down on physical distribution of warez.
The anti-piracy thing ain’t big in Lithuania (everyone’s a pirate), but the few organizations that exist are nasty – LATGA (Lithuanian Association for Defending Author’s Rights (well, it translates somewhat like that)) tried to charge kindergardens for using known songs in their choir practice.
Yeah, Linkomanija is big…and they kick you out for any slightly suspicious act. DC hubs…well, I don’t know. Maybe they are talking about the ones operated by the largest ISPs in the country, who provide custom (well, actually just semi-translated zMule with their names slapped on) software and detailed instructions how to use them?
No need to “kill” nobody just don’t pay it LoL
It’s that so hard?
I’m confused.. aren’t laws supposed to reflect the morals and values of the citizens (and not dictate them)?
so if piracy is that high.. that shouldn’t it be made legal there?
or did I get the way democracy is supposed to work messed up again?
I always feel bad for these guys, they are so backwards, most of them want to take down sites for no reason it seems. They see them as bad and evil, which is completely wrong.
They are just funded by companies who are to slow to adapt to the new world of the internet. Its a shame that most of their efforts will go in vain or either wind up ruining freedom itself in many ways.
Wow. Death threats.
This makes me sad to see what Piracy has become.
Bring back the esoteric BBS days.
He has enough probs with the commercial pirates. He needs to fuck off p2p, useless trying.
Violence and murder will never accomplish anything except make us all look like murderers.
As much as I dislike The Beast (RIAA/MPAA/IFPI) and I really think they should be slayed (in the corporate sense), having a man murdered is absolutely and completely wrong. I’m sure the man has a wife, children, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces, parents, etc that truly do love him.
Just because you might want to hear the newest Eminem song or see the latest Disney Pixar movie for absolutely free doesn’t mean that someone has to die just so you can enjoy it.
Think before you speak about murdering someone. If you truly believe they deserve it, you seriously need to speak to a professional so they can figure out why the moral centers of your brain are retarded and have never fully developed.
Talking about death and destruction I was reading CNN and there is an article about a zombie movie that cost incredible $70 LoL
“Hollywood eyes $70 zombie movie wowing Cannes”
Now that is really a death on news at least for me, death threats and the like are for people that don’t have enough creativity to think in better ways to solve problems and have no recourse but too use violence.
I have no love for the anti-piracy outfits but I do believe in respecting all live this include the lives off maggots too. Although I’m a carnivore and this may seem contradictory but the rule of thumb for me is “if you kill it you eat it” since I don’t like human flesh and I’m not a zombie I won’t be preaching this to no one.
Once you start getting death threats that the police takes seriously, then maybe it’s time to step down – Is it really worth it for him to do this when he’s at risk of losing his life because of it?
Wow!
Deaththreats & violence is waaay out there man! Besides, will only hurt the course.
Anyway, as wolverine@16 points out, probably just some stupid kiddo’s making the threats, so shouldn’t be taking too seriuosly I guess.
Only civil disobedience will bring around the right changes we need.
Which basically means: KEEP DoWnloading & UploadinG!
- Freedom purchased thru violence & murder is no freedom at all!!
p.s. Nice post riaatard :)
It is perfectly legitimate, morally right and legally just to permanently put away the corporate criminals like him. I totally agree, we need to put this idiot to the grave to set example out of him for others. He is a corporate criminal, so death penalty for committing crime against humanity is perfectly justifiable in legal and moral ground. Let hope someone in that country kill him soon and all the RIAA/MPAA gangsters. Death might not solve all problems, but it will make people think twice about facing it in their life. Trust me, it works. Hope to read his death story on the internet soon.
I put the fun in funeral.
Smile, kids! =)
Come on guys, there wasnt anyone who tried to kill him, this is a bullshit. some 16 years old guys sent few emails that they kill Simonavicius if he will close torrent site linkomanija.net . Thars all storry!
KEEP DoWnloading & UploadinG!
Let’s kick this Asshole to da ground and teach him a lesson. This buttom feeder deserved some ass whooping! He thinks he is a hero running his ass to threat people with his righteous vigilante attitude. He needs attitude adjustment and hope someone give him some. I would love to kick his ass myself, but I am in U.S.A. I will help fund his funeral service. LOL.
Man, I wanna laugh so hard about him makin’ up story about people threatin’ him. I guess he wanna be center of attention to get more money from the ant-filesharing. What a Dumb Ass! One day someone might bring his dream come true and kill him likes he wanted. He deserved it! LOL
I guess his contract is approach ending and wants more money for his work. So he made up the story to tell the world to get sympathy to bargain for more money at the negotiating table. What a crook! Nothing surprise me of what he does. He is a corporate crook. Hope people put him to sleep soon.
hell of a way to earn a living man, i can think of millions of easier ways, and no one threatens to kill you….always an added bonus to any job
Not shut down torrent site or death? ;)
http://torrentino.info
You don’t make threats, you just do it.
Killing him sends no message it makes a martyr. Wife and kids sends a message to leave us alone.
He needs to be gone from this world for sure for the shit that he has done to the innocent people. Like the old saying,”What goes around, comes around”. He tries too hard to be seen as a hero for the RIAA/MPAA. First he runs his retarded ass to threat and scare innocent little kids, then he makes up death threat story to get sympathy. I have no doubt he wrote those threat letters himself if any as a way to show the media and the RIAA/MPAA for more money. He just made an Ass of himself. He is no damned fucking hero. Satan is waiting for him in hell.
Yeah, don’t kill him. That’s too much. Just hold him down and kick him in the balls a couple of times.
Then again, his efforts are so unsuccessful why even bother?
BTW, why the hell are *we* making a big deal about the attempts on his life? Those attempts came from commercial pirates, not us.
you are a snitch for the maffia. dont kid yourself buddy you are not being a hero by trying to prosecute innocent people.
I love disproportionate anger and disproportionate responses to things.
He is a total joke, so we joked around at his expense because he is so dumb and stupid to fight against the innocent internet users. The internet has revolutionized the way way people communicate and interact and share information, they need to educate themselves and embrace the technology like everyone else. They can start by enrolling themselves in the pre-school if they that really retard and ignorant about the modern day technology. Never let stupid and ignorant people intimidate you and your ambitions.
government ignore us, democracy is dead, kill the MAFIAA, kill the corporate greed, problem solved
He looks so retarded in the picture. Maybe he has one of those mental illness that makes him so obsessed with going after innocent people trying to be the side of the law for his personal ambition to be a hero in the eye of the public. His look reminds me of (David)the man to bombed the Oklahoma federal building in the U.S.several years ago. Soon the brain tumors will explode in his head for good.
Dudes, this is fake. No one would really kill him. And 99% users? It’s just made up from the mind. Maybe numbers are huge, but this 99 is just imagination.
99% is not made up at all. I am living in Lithuania and can tell I dont know one person who has paid for software, movies or Mp3s…
hahahahahahaahaha
file sharers are turning into real pirates….
please peeps, don’t lower yourselves
hehe
@53:
Windows. People pay for windows, it comes with laptops. It comes without a CD though, so you still have to pirate if you want to reinstall of if you’re not happy with Vista.
Other than that, yeah, I don’t know many people who are willing to pay for anything you can download online, except for movie theater seats. Every regular movie theater visitor is a hardcore file sharer. But then again, you can’t download a movie theater seat and big ass screen.
I am totally against commercial pirates.They are the ones that gang up together and use the money for criminal activities.
The point of p2p is to keep things *FREE*
May all the scum that earn money off pirating burn in hell forever. Amen ;-)
It’s really bullshit, nobody wants to kill him.
Sooner or later one of these guys will be killed as the entairtainement industry are growing more and more obnoxious.
Yea, some 16 year old sent the “threat”, it doesn’t really mean anything, though, as much as I like Linkomanija, I wouldn’t kill people for it, nor would I pay somebody to do it.
As for paying for Windows… Well, I bought my laptop with Windows XP Home Edition, that same day I installed XP Pro, so yeah. Not to mention desktop computers that I have assembled myself for me and my friends. Usually only laptops come with Windows that you can’t choose not to buy.
Also, the article mentioned BT, DC, but forgot FTP servers that are run by all of the big ISPs (and are usually available to the customers of that ISP).
I am against commercial pirates, though I used their services a lot some years ago when I didn’t have a CDRW drive and then I rented the games from them when I bought the drive (4×4x24x, it was the best).
When I got a decent internet connection, I stopped renting from the pirates, since I could download whatever I wanted.
However, Linkomanija and torrent.lt are not commercial pirates. They are private trackers, that, like other trackers have rules that say “keep good ratio, donate or be banned”. To register there you have to have an invitation from somebody who is a member already. Like I said – LM is like any other private tracker. What separates them from the other trackers is that usually those from Lithuania go there, and those who have fiber connections have 100mbps (up and down) to Lithuania, so you go to LM to downlaod something faster than you could if you used the services of ThePirateBay (I have aDSL 4mbps so I can saturate my connection even if downloading from abroad).
Well Lithuanias econemy has gone into reverse and accidently off a cliff in the last 18 months. Lets be honest, if they have a functioning internet+computer and money for the basic, why are they going to push for this?
At a time like this, the MPAA should look the other way as people _will_ remember that kind of thing when times are prosperous again…
As some ppl already pointed out:
“Those ppl who are turning to violence for solutions are not acting behalf of the pirates, they are acting as individuals and pirates are no way supporting/wanting such actions”
I just hope that those ppl who are working for the mafia are smart enough to quit their jobs if things start to heat towards the violent level.
hmm very interesting. no one can close torrent sites
http://i00.co.uk/55
Hey TPB isnt working in germnay at the moment can anybody give me that alternative web adress for TPB thank you
Mercenaries make more money when there’s a higher perceived danger. They also tend to work for the highest bidder who are not usually the nice guys.
There must be a lot of money in cracking down on children’s choirs.
@63 It’s working fine here but don’t know of a mirror. Try using a proxy…
Well he’s got a lot of attention over this. Maybe that was the point.
btw I like his jacket
:D
Don’t mess with 99% of the world Simanavicius (that name is quite a moutful)…
There’s a 0.00001% of those internet users who would likely rip you apart on first sight.
Was it really necessary to use the word retarded? What’s a retarded ass anyway? I’m giving you the
benefit of the doubt here but certainly you know that the word
retarded used as slang is extremely hurtful to people living with
special needs. Before I had a child with a disability, I pretty much was like you. I don’t know if I used the word but I certainly didn’t flinch when I heard it. What’s the big deal, right? It is a huge deal to people who have cognitive challenges. They get what you are saying and they understand that you are mocking them, even if it’s
unintentional.
Anyway, thank you for hearing me out.
why dont they just give him back handers 2 keep him happy and his mouth shut instead of threatening his life, then we will all be happy ;-)
those latvians have the right idea.
look at thailand, there head of anti piracy got a shotgun to the face last year, TF even done an article.
+1 for the win :)
on a sidenote, wheres the donate button?
i would be happy to help kill him.
is there a similar fund for Tim Kuyk? and if so, where do I send my money?
;)
Going and killing the man will only land the entire torrent community in hot water and possibly have an influence on court rulings in regards to copyright infringement..
@stella
should we stop using the word fat as this upsets some people to ?
72–>Going and killing the man will only land the entire torrent community in hot water and possibly have an influence on court rulings in regards to copyrigh infringement..
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That a stupid statement… It’s the same as saying that all the people who like football are murderers because at a given moment only one football lover killed to another person.
According to your stupid logic then all the football lovers are murderers for that.
Or it’s the same as saying that all the homosexuals are murderers because only one disrupted gay killed to another person.
Your logic is AMAZING… STUPID!!!
a lot of you seem to miss the point, copyright theft is illegal, you cant just pick and choose the laws you break. How would you like it if someone walked into your house and just took your belongings?
You complain that games, music and movies are too expensive. But if you couldnt afford a car you wouldnt steal it and pretend its ok.
And “i wouldnt have bought it anyway” doesnt really wash, I wouldnt but a pair of leather pants but i still wouldnt steal them.
Movies, games, music and programs are products, just because theyre not physical doesnt mean its ok to steal them.
However you try to justify it to yourelves its theft.
“You complain that games, music and movies are too expensive. But if you couldnt afford a car you wouldnt steal it and pretend its ok.
And “i wouldnt have bought it anyway” doesnt really wash, I wouldnt but a pair of leather pants but i still wouldnt steal them.
Movies, games, music and programs are products, just because theyre not physical doesnt mean its ok to steal them.”
You’re an idiot. Or a troll. There is a HUGE difference between limited goods and unlimited goods. Comparing the 2 is for 5-year olds and industry lackeys.
See, MPAA/RIAA actions result in real crimes. FUCK THEM ALL!
Kill them!
Kill them!
Kill them all!
LOL
@75 (god)
You are an idiot.
@76
Even if there is a difference it still doesnt mean its ok to steal it.
@79
thanks
@80(god)
fascist, cynic, liar.
So all those people pirating by watching TV for freee and listening to radio are in fact thiefs right?
Why not put an system on all TVs and Radios that only let people see for what they pay?
It sounds reasonable?
I would love to hear RIAA’s view on Amazon’s MP3 store. After all, MP3 files do not have copy-rigght protection and it is next impossible for RIAA to track, if you just get it from friends instead of downloading. (RIAA uses “borrowing from friends to make a copy” as an example in its argument against DVD backup software.).
Now, Amazon has an awesome MP3 store that is DRM-free with a large selection and often good prices. I am sure they have an agreement with the record lable companies, but it is a big contradictory in the logic comparing to what RIAA is saying about DVD backup software.
On a related note about Amazon, I recently came across, through PC World magazine, an interesting table that details the discounts on Amazon at
http://www.uberi.com
I imagine that’s pretty useful for some people.
Keel him! KEEL HIM!
don’t fuck with eastern europeans…
“KEEL HIM!”
hilarious, just hilarious!!!
a real pirate sense of humour…
No, don’t keel me!
I’d rather walk the plank… =)
Brilliant. The whole lot, gotta be the funniest article on anything I have read all year…
@75
Retard?
File sharing is not stealing…
Umm yeah you can just pick and choose what laws to break… I could go take a knife, and kill someone right now. I’m not going to, because its not right, at least that law is sensible. But notice, its not the law that would stop me…
Copyright laws, they seriously need a change. So these laws are definitely ones I shall be ignoring until something is done about them.
hmmmm… media piracy has reached 99%… but only 92% eat potatoes, let’s go after them first!
I think Vytas is a total hottie…
Where can I get his number?
@75 – Wot an absolute slave to the system u r! Ur a disgrace to urself and every other citizen on this planet…just because some moron in government (that’s got millions invested in big commercial interests)writes a law to tell you something is wrong you accept that its wrong…well i dont,im big enough to decide the difference between right and wrong ma self. p2p is not wrong and i cant believe u have the cheek to compare it to someone walking in ur house and stealing something…ur gonna burn in hell for sucking the devils corporate c**k….get a mind of ur own, dont listen to the bullshit the media try an force down ya neck…people like you that r the problem!
Even as a pirate, I have to say I respect the guy. He isn’t giving up, even though the odds are stacked against him big time. Trying to have him killed is way too extreme, though.
@82
You do pay for them, they just have no value.
@89
Youre funny. Its called piracy for a reason, not because the people who do it wear eye patches, sport beards and hobble along with a peg leg. Filesharing copyrighted materials is illegal. As for copyright laws need to be changed, youre basically saying “i know im stealing and im having a hard time justifying it, if i pretend the law is unjust that will make my stealing ok”. Protecting someones hard work and investment seems perfectly reasonable to me, if i invested my life saving in a bank i wouldnt want someone to be able to walk in and withdraw my savings.
Here in Lithuania a new CD by any famous US or otherwise act costs more than $20… we don’t have best buy or other cheap record shops here, but we do have the weekend DVD/CD pirate markets.
And at $20 per CD, keep in mind that people here in Lithuania make significantly less than $1000 per month.
But the pirated discs here are actually great… no extra features, but we’re getting movies right after they’re screened for less than $10, and they’re solid copies, not filmed in the theater. We get some releases before Wal Mart does, and much cheaper!
Maybe the guy should work for social justice or go give people who can afford the fines in other countries a hard time.
@94:
“You do pay for them, they just have no value.”
Explain to me why I’m paying for them when I record a song from the radio that in the U.S. don’t pay royalties and when I do the exact same thing on the internet I’m stealing?
@94:
“if i invested my life saving in a bank i wouldn’t want someone to be able to walk in and withdraw my savings.”
If my money could be multiplied infinitely I wouldn’t mind would you?
Even if someone got hold of my account but just copied the value available and leave it just as he found I wouldn’t care at all.
Music in the digital age is in infinity supply it cost near nothing to duplicate it and so if market forces would apply it should cost pennies no?
Artists do get paid they have other products to sell like concert tickets, commercials, little toys, T-Shirts, public appearances that cost thousands or millions of dollars, bar gigs, party gigs and etc.
Just because you can’t control the internet it doesn’t mean that people are stealing, people are paying the promotion cost of the artist for free just like radio no? was this what you meant when you said “you already pay it’s just it have no value”
The apparent free music it’s not a loss if nothing it’s a gain for the artist, the sharing it’s the thing that opens up all other doors besides, what is the point in trying to sustain a model that is unfeasible and that cannot be sustained? people will stop using Tivo or recording songs from radios? Artists think that if they can’t see it, it doesn’t exist? people have to believe that artists are not getting paid when the record labels see some of the biggest profits of all times?
Sure if you say so then artists cannot get paid if people listen to music on the internet it’s nothing like listening to radio and recording the songs on the MP3 directly from a radio LoL
This stuff isn’t worth dying for!
It’s a made up story to turn people against p2p.
They do these things all the time.
And if you buy music CDs or movie DVDs you are financing this hate machine.
Simanavicius is just seeking for more free PR. Anybody can get Linkomanija’s owners details from “donate” page in tracker. He phoned Linkomanija’s owner few times, but he is not going to shut it down. So the only thing for Simanavicius left is to create an illusion he is working, make loud statements (for example, he is going to slap Linkomanija with 500000Lt fine (~150000€)). And yes, few years ago Simanavicius was working on the streets fighting real pirates which sold pirated CDs and had nothing to do with torrent community.
Speaking about piracy levels in Lithuania, almost everybody has some “pirated material” in their homes here, and everybody knows that you need to buy software only for use in companies (where computers can be checked anytime).
Lets not kill him, last thing we need is to be labled as evil Osama-loving torrorist pirates!
Aye, a torrentist is not a terrorist
dont care, dont use any trackers or ftps based in lithuania. behead him anyway!
death is a bit OTT IMHO
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