Feds Arrest Streaming Site Operator for Copyright Infringement

A 28-year old man from Comstock Park, Michigan, has been arrested and charged with criminal copyright infringement. Yonjo Quiroa is the alleged operator of nine of the sixteen streaming related domain names that were seized a few hours ago as part of ‘Operation Fake Sweep’.

seized Earlier today we reported that leading up to the Super Bowl this weekend, several sports streaming sites had their domain names seized by the Department of Justice and Homeland Security’s ICE unit.

At the time there was no official announcement from the authorities, but ICE has now confirmed that this, their 10th round of domain seizures, is being branded ‘Operation Fake Sweep.’

In total the authorities took down a record breaking 307 domain names. The majority, 291, sold counterfeit NFL merchandise and the remaining sites allegedly linked to copyrighted streams.

The full list of seized streaming domains is firstrow.tv, xonesports.tv, firstrowsports.tv, firstrowsports.net, firstrowsports.com, hq-streams.tv, robplay.tv, soccertvlive.net, sports95.net, sports95.com, sports95.org, sportswwe.net, sportswwe.tv, sportswwe.com, youwwe.net and youwwe.com.

In addition to the seizures, police also arrested 28-year old Yonjo Quiroa of Comstock Park, Michigan. According to the press release Quiroa is the owner of nine of the sixteen sites, which he operated from his home.

Responding to the arrest and domain seizures, ICE Director John Morton declared victory.

“While most people are focusing on whether the Patriots or Giants will win on Sunday, we at ICE have our sights on a different type of victory: defeating the international counterfeiting rings that illegally profit off of this event, the NFL, its players and sports fans,” Morton said.

“In sports, players must abide by rules of the game, and in life, individuals must follow the laws of the land. Our message is simple: abiding by intellectual property rights laws is not optional; it’s the law.”

NFL’s Vice President of Legal Affairs Anastasia Danias welcomed the support of the authorities.

“We are grateful for Homeland Security Investigations’ tireless efforts in combating intellectual property theft and are pleased to be working along with them and the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department on this important issue,” he said.

The controversial seizures which started early 2010 have now resulted in the takeover of 669 domain names. The majority of the sites in question offered counterfeit goods and three dozen were linked to copyright infringements. One domain name has been returned because it was seized by mistake.

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Abc

First I was like “what a sad day for the community,” but then

The majority of the sites in question offered counterfeit goods

…serves them right.
- Anonymous
  
  it depends
  as long as it is clearly labeled as a copy i see no wrong with counterfeit goods
  
  only when you try to scam someone into buying a copy and thinking it is the original it is morally wrong.
  - Anonymous
    
    How many times has Hollywood duped us into buying ‘counterfeit’ movies. Fake movies based on real movies, but are really just a cheap knock off made to look good. But they charge us full price, just as if it were a real movie, but in reality, it’s a cheap replica, made with cheap materials, and cheap actors, but passed off as a real movie. Do you get what I’m saying? The crap that has been coming out of Hollywood that we have to pay for….. Thinking it’s good…. But it’s not.
    Can I have my money back?
    
    Sing along folks. A song by Gerry Rafferty:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRT_XA6rQJw
    
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    I don’t hear what you’re sayin’, don’t care what you’re doin’
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    
    Went to the movies and the movie broke down
    The picture on the screen was going ’round and ’round
    I’d spent all I had getting in to see the show
    So I walked up to the man and I said I’d like to go
    
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    I don’t hear what you’re sayin’, don’t care what you’re doin’
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    
    I heard a preacher man say his way was the best
    So I took up his religion and forgot about the rest
    Then I heard another one calling out my name
    I went and took a closer look, he was just the same
    
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    I don’t hear what you’re sayin’, don’t care what you’re doin’
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    
    Listen to the lies from the politician man
    Saying that we live in a democratic land
    One land for the rich, another for the poor
    And if you try to change it, they’ll nail you to the floor
    
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
    I don’t hear what you’re sayin’, don’t care what you’re doin’
    Can I have my money back, money back, money back?
    Can I have my money back, please sir?
  - Weebling1
    
    what? you think it’s OK to sell counterfiet goods as long as they are clearly labeled ‘counterfeit goods’ ???
    
    then there’s still the copyright owner not receiving his revenue issue…
    - Kr0nZ
      
      Yes, if you dont mind getting a lesser quality at a lesser price, then it should be no problem
    - Anonymous
      
      Why not sell a Louis Vuitton lookalike for 1/100 the price? Did you know that they wanted to patent the red sole on their shoe so that no one else could do that? It was denied. Some folks do their very own counterfeiting by painting the soles that colour red. Go figure.
      
      It’s nice to be able to buy the real thing, but hey, I’ll take a $10.00 Rolex anytime.
      
      Should the copyright ‘owner’ really own the colour red on shoes? Really own a recipe in a restaurant? What if by some odd chance, I replicate his recipe by accident! Damn. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Bring down the prices of authentic ‘copyrighted’ consumer goods and eliminate the knockoffs. They can apparently make it for cheaper……
      
      And if you can’t tell the difference between the real thing and a knock off, then someone is doing something right, but for a lot less money.
      
      Wanna talk about drugs? The patent on prescription medication? Who does that benefit? certainly not the consumers that need the meds. Copyright is taken wayyyy to far. Did you know I have ownership if the word “THE”. Anyone that uses it is infringing on my copyright. Didn’t know that? Did you check before you used it? Did you make sure it wasn’t a knock off? How could you tell for sure?
      
      Just sayin’……
    - Levil
      
      “The patent on prescription medication? Who does that benefit?”
      
      Well, yeah, that benefits the companies, but if it didn’t, the medicines wouldn’t get made. I mean, these things are freaking expensive to make. It takes large companies to front the money for those, and if they aren’t getting paid, medicines aren’t getting developed.
      
      So, we actually could say it benefits the patients, because if the system didn’t exist, the medicines quite possibly wouldn’t get made in the first place. That’s just the way it’s gonna be, unless you want to move to a completely government-subsidized system, which I have doubts about… but that’s getting way off-topic, so probably best to just drop that.
      
      I’m just saying, matters of public health probably constitute a good reason for a patent. Matters of creating art (or designer shoes) do not.
    - Kr0nZ
      
      @Levil Ever heard of generic brands??? there made almost similar to top name brands, but not exactly because of copyright. plus they are cheaper
    - Levil
      
      Yeah, generic brands are cheaper. Know why? Because the companies that make generic drugs don’t have to invent the active molecules and synthesis process behind the drug. That kinda takes a bunch of the cost out of the matter.
    - Anonymous
      
      of course I am ok with that.
      the product has been made, maybe with cheaper materials, it just happens to look like a more pricey product.
      
      as long as I am not being cheated into thinking it is actually the original there is nothing wrong with it.
      
      the copyright owner not receiving revenue is not a concern of mine, particularly because I think most copyright is simply wrong.
    - Guest
      
      Get off this site if that is your opinion on matters like this.
    - http://profiles.google.com/artfulldragon TL Dragon
      
      Yeah basically. If somebody is buying a known fake they were never going to pay for the real deal.
      
      You can’t deprive somebody of something they never had a chance of getting.
      
      The options are:
      
      1. Buy it fake
      2. Do without it
      
      The legit company/merchant was never going to get a dime from that guy.
      
      Now then, a guy who WANTS a legit jersey and unknowingly buys a knock off, then we have problem. You lied to the buyer about what he was getting, the legit seller is ACTUALLY out of a sale/profit.
      
      I mean, I am fine if folks want to decree textiles and IP the same thing. Be interesting to see mothers and fathers sent to jail for handing their kids old clothes to goodwill. The Catholic church would be sooooo screwed. Got 17 kids and can’t “hand me down” any of them because you are depriving the designer of a sale and putting the poor garment workers in the unemployment line.
      
      YOU buy it for ONE person. If that ONE person doesn’t wear it anymore, burn it. Giving it away deprives the industry of a possible sale.
      
      We just need to wait now for there to be a user agreement on the price tag.
      
      By wearing the item or removing this tag you agree that only the person that bought, or was given this shirt will be wearing it. Should you get too fat to wear this item you will burn it in a large bonfire and do a 20 minute dance as it burns to work off some of that beer gut fatty.
    - Mistr-l
      
      the fairs sell look a like goods all of the time, and the cities make thousands or 100′s of thousands off of the fair having no problem with the concept. however when it lands its way out of government, people seem to care.. is that the way it works? so made downloads is more so out of the governments reach , so this becomes a problem, right? because someone always has to profit in the long run, and it must be focused back t o the government with taxes, and government business infrastructure.
    - http://twitter.com/icanhazsake Ninja
      
      @weebling1 If you know it’s counterfeit then it’s all good. The issue is when it puts your health at risk (ie: counterfeit drugs – not to mix with generic drugs which are good stuff). I mean, do you honestly think that I’ll buy a Luis Vuitton bag for $20 thinking it’s the original? Ppl know they are buying counterfeit. And they don’t care.
    - Guest
      
      Thank god we are spending time and money taking down fake NFL goods. No need to worry about the next great advancement in science or arresting rapists or killers. Please spend all my money to make sure business is as profitable as possible. That is what a government is for right?
  - Mwhahaha
    
    “only when you try to scam someone into buying a copy and thinking it is the original it is morally wrong.”
    
    Isn’t that kind of what counterfeit means tho? Otherwise it’s just a copy or facsimile.
    
    Anyway, I’ve not got much sympathy for people earning money from sharing and piracy.
    
    I do however think that sports stars should be paid lots less at the top level and their crazy athletic antics should be available for many more people to watch.
    
    I begrudge the idea of paying £500-1000 a year which I can’t honestly afford knowing it will ultimately end up in some sportsman’s cash pile. Therefore I listen to BBC radio, paid for by all, and great value for the £100 odd it costs and much less irritating than most TV commentators when it comes to sports.
- http://profiles.google.com/zerianis10 Christopher Kidwell
  
  Sold counterfeit goods or sold goods with the teams/NFL logo on them….. those are two different things.
  - LazyDave
    
    If the latter is being “appropriated” (for lack of a better term) and sold without the actual source’s permission, then what’s the difference?
- Anonymous
  
  My only complaint is (labels/nfl etc..) they keep calling it Intellectual Property Theft when there is no such thing occurring.
  
  Its INFRINGEMENT not THEFT.
  
  its bad. they SHOULD be shut down. but we need to force them to stop calling it theft. its infringement.
http://twitter.com/winterboarder Adrian S

The only winning move is not to play. Boycott the Superbowl, Music, Movie and Gaming industry. Just don’t be a consumer. Anything less than that we pay for our own destruction.
- Anonymous
  
  I wish everyone could just do that but movies are part of human culture and id like to see just one person deprive themselves all digital entertainment. Persoanlly I only give companies as much money as I have to. I buy CDs games and movies used. (assuming I buy them at all) I only go to the theater once in a blue moon because of how expensive its is. (and that 3d gimmick is just awful!) I stick to cheap TV like netflix and redbox, no cable. I would encourage people to do the same. But I think if we all get enough opposition to these wretched entertainment companies and do stop buying from them we will drive them closer and closer to the edge of the cliff.
  - Mr. Putin
    
    YouTube + Non-mainstream bands VS Movies + Mainstream artists.
    
    I prefer youtube because you can get mega LULZ there and more…
    I also prefer non-mainstream bands/artists cus they make music sometimes to perfection but mainstream artists just splash something together with an annoying tune(which gets stuck in your head and drives you crazy) or lyrics which just repeat one line of ‘retardedness’ and wait for the money to role in.
    
    ^ My lovely baised comment, but I believe I might be speaking the truth ^_^
  - Anonymous
    
    Yeah, then we’ll make music and TV shows and movies for you for free. Good call. No one actually works for those evil corporations.
    - Anonymous
      
      Someone else better will take you place. Its not like us humans are going to go without music forever considering how we’ve been writing songs for thousands of years, long before the law forced us to pay for them.
    - Anonymous
      
      the tech industry that the entertainment industry tries to destroy employs far more people
      
      also, there will always be culture, even once we got finally rid of copyright
    - http://profiles.google.com/artfulldragon TL Dragon
      
      You don’t want to produce if you can’t make a few million? Fine by me. There are at least 5000 other people who have the same talent or skill, and another 1 or 2k who can do it better.
      
      Nobody else can hand you MY money though. So, sucks to be you I guess. Supply and demand and all that jazz.
      
      You trolls were just fine with screwing over any and everybody you possibly could for the years you controlled the entirety of the industry. You got lazy, lost control and now you wanna try and beg, borrow, bribe, steal and legislate that control back…lol. Nope.
      
      Good luck with that. When I see you sitting on the corner with a coffee cup begging for change I’ll shoot ya my winning smile and wish the best for ya.
      
      This isn’t the dawn of the pirate like you numb nuts are trying to sell. It’s the rise of the artist, the creator. Industry will look back and I am pretty sure this will not be dubbed the era of IP and copyright law. It’s the start of the artist being the complete package. The end of the middle men. We have some butt ugly celebrities these days…you know why? Because Hollywood isn’t choosing the talent anymore.
      
      We don’t need ya, especially since all the jobs done by “little guys” don’t pay anywhere near what the big boys who do nothing get. Movies and music will still get made. There will still be huge sums of money involved and we will still need those “little” guys who have the skills needed to make entertainment. The jobs jobs jobs we pirates are killing belong to the folks with massive amounts of cash and very little skill. Boohoo.
      
      Repeat after me “Would you like fries with that?”
      
      See? Not so hard. You’re gunna be just fine. Stay away from the food though. You people are nasty and shouldn’t be trusted with peoples food. Register or drive through only mmk?
    - LazyDave
      
      the law forced us to pay for them.
      
      Err, what law? No one’s pointing a gun to compel me to buy anything whose price I don’t agree with, and I’m fine either: a) living without it, and/or b) finding a more affordable alternative if any.
- Anon
  
  Too many are ignorant of the issues here. A boycott large enough to have effect will not happen.
  - Mr. Putin
    
    “Anon” is the username MAFIAA trolls normally use…
    
    I can’t tell if trolling or being serious…
    
    It’s true, boycotting in small amounts wont do anything. But it’s not about that, it’s about doing what you believe in rather than sitting on your ass waiting for something to happen. If a few people boycott… more people will follow. It’s just depends on how many people believe in the message and I’m sure millions of people are against websites being seized for just linking to copyrighted materials or even seizing a domain name simply because it’s about Cuba (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/us/04bar.html?_r=1&oref=slogin). Censorship of this type or of any other type needs to be stopped. The 99% are against censorship in any shape or form.
    
    I wont go on to yap on… cus’ I’m starting to go offtopic a little ^_^
    - kwame
      
      The categorical imperative is never offtopic.
    - Anon
      
      “Anon” is the username MAFIAA trolls normally use…”
      
      I’m normally utilizing LazyDave as my username here, yet I’m using Anon and am not connected with MAFIAA or whoever. Not that I care if you don’t believe it, but generalizing without irrefutable proof doesn’t really help anyone.
    - Anon
      
      “Anon” is the username MAFIAA trolls normally use…”
      
      I’m normally utilizing LazyDave as my username here, yet I’m using Anon and am not connected with MAFIAA or whoever. Not that I care if you don’t believe it, but generalizing without irrefutable proof doesn’t really help anyone.
      
      And whoopsie, I was supposed to put Anon instead of LazyDave, so I’m trying again.
    - Anon
      
      Ah crap, so I learned the hard way that I can’t use Anon. Ah well, disregard, and back to your regular trolling…
  - LazyDave
    
    Realistically, I can’t disagree with that. Ah well…
- Levil
  
  How to put this….. No. I don’t think I’ll be doing that.
  
  I can’t say I care much about movies and music (personal taste and all), but I like videogames, and I don’t see a good reason to go without them if I don’t have to. Correct me if I’m wrong, but the whole purpose of the piracy movement is that the corporations can’t limit and control our access to culture and knowledge. Knowing that, why would I choose to limit my own access to culture and knowledge just to try and get at them?
  
  I like the gaming industry, and that includes the big studios. Big studios put out games that indie developers simply can’t make. I’ve never seen an indie developer make a good RTS, or SRPG, or anything as broad as Mass Effect and Fallout, or etc…… They make very good platformers, and do great at minimalism, but they can’t cover everything. I’d imagine that this would hold true with other media as well (being on a label doesn’t make a musician bad).
  
  Also, you’re labeling this as a fight for our survival, with boycotting as the only sound option. I don’t buy that, because it looks to me like you’re being way to general. You say “boycott the gaming industry”. Well, should I include Valve in that? They certainly seem fine with piracy, but they’re also part of the industry. I guess they’ll have to go. What about Nippon Ichi? They don’t seem to care about piracy one way or the other? Should I just assume they’re bad?
  
  Or am I just supposed to judge them all under the label of “corporations” and feel good about punishing them for it?
  
  I’ll boycott specific companies that come out in support of repressive laws. I see no reason to simply jump on applying that standard on every single company that exists.
  - LazyDave
    
    “why would I choose to limit my own access to culture and knowledge just to try and get at them?”
    
    Personally, I choose to limit my own access to those whose price I don’t agree with and find other, more creative ways to enjoy, appreciate, etc. other forms of culture and knowledge. Good thing alternatives do exist.
    
    Of course, there will be other things I’ll be against towards certain companies. It depends on specifics.
- Enjoy
  
  Boycott? Your life would be really miserable. Better die than living.
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Meh

I wouldn’t say a domain was seized by “mistake” it was deliberate, they just couldn’t prove their case as they had no probable cause and had to give it back.
Anonymous

What about sites like Justintv that has broadcasters streaming DMCA illegal television shows, movies and sports? I hear even their own Admins are moderating and streaming under different names. For sure there will be people broadcasting the Superbowl.
- http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IZ5BM5GNLA54OADSWGSXAMA7SY Jay
  
  They’ve already stopped broadcasting wrestling and UFC PPVs.
  
  So people will be broadcasting, but that doesn’t mean Dana White is getting any richer.
What

Why do we need sopa again?
- http://www.facebook.com/hopeyoufsckingdie Hope You Die
  
  Purely for justification purposes.
- LazyDave
  
  Supposedly to make it more categorical and convenient less the current hassles. Supposedly, anyway.
Stickeywicket10101

Buy only official NFL merchandise (made by child slave labor in Thailand).
Never buy counterfeit NFL merchandise (made by child slave labor in Thailand).
RIAAtarded

international counterfeiting rings? Even if there was such a thing for the super bowl it is the only bloody option for those outside of North America to see the damn game. Before they are allow to drop the site or legally chase someone for infringement they should be force to show that in that region there was a legal alternative to it at the time of the act. Plus it should be at a price point that is economically viable. $50 for a stamped piece of plastic is nuts.
- pfffft
  
  Why would anyone take a risk with streaming this years superbowl? This is another one of those “who gives a sh*t games” involving a group of caught red handed cheatin ba*tards that were never made to answer vs a bunch of jersy shore punk@ss rejects with an old “has been” greasy @ss slut providing the entertainment.
  - RIAAtarded
    
    whether it is worth watching is irrelevant or how the teams got there that seems more like an internal issue with the NFL. The point really is if you as an individual want to to enjoy the game you should have the access and ability to do so. As it stands if you’re outside of north america and not on deployment somewhere where you can watch it you’re SOL. I’m not even a football fan but I do appreciate championship games and I do know several expats that aren’t fans either but do like a little taste of home. Nothing like a sporting event to give you a little patriotic pride in your country. Then there is how the world sees the US which currently isn’t the best, don’t get me wrong I love the people but your government is a bloody nightmare. So what looks better? Make a football game available globally and show a different side to the america people plus make a shit pile of money in the process. Or hit the news feeds with the latest heavy handed policy, invasion, political strong-arming in another sovereign nations?
    
    It about time they all came into this century. The internet has made the world a damn small place and we aren’t willing to put up with all their self-imposed restrictions on how we consume media. Plus you can’t call us all thieves if we want you’re product but can’t get it because of your antique business model not allowing it.
Guest

Why is Homeland Security involved? Does that mean they are now authorized to use the warrantless TSP surveillance as though copyright infringement were a form of terrorism?

How can we even tell?
- Anonymous
  
  “Homeland Security” is just a front to remove basic human rights.
  
  label anything you don’t like as “terrorist” and presto, all rights are gone
  
  genius
  - Jmorse43508
    
    Add the FBI to that mentality as well. A paper released by them labels anyone who uses privacy tools like TOR, VPNs, proxies, encryption or otherwise makes a major issue about privacy must be a terrorist.
    
    Idiots seem to think that 1984 is a how-to book. Things were bad enough with GW Bush, but have gotten worse with Obama. Hope and change my foot!
    
    Such a dystopian future the US is headed for at the rate things are going.
http://twitter.com/Mathew30 Mathew Lisett

im interested to know about “Quiroa, 28, was making at least $13,000 from online merchants who advertised with him” is this $13k per website per year, per website per month, per week, or 13k for all site per year and so fourth.

any way to find this out?

and anyway to find how many users he would have viewing the streams per ppv?
Johnny Kang

I am fucking hope that they would put the same amount of efforts in arresting the murders and rapist.
- James
  
  No money in that, why would they? It’s all about protecting Jewish interests.
  - Anonymous
    
    don’t be a racist
    - Guest
      
      I am tired of brainwashed people thinking that telling the truth is being racist. Jews run the entertainment business! THIS IS A FACT. They have the money, so they also have the power to run your lives.
    - Anonymous
      
      they might be happen to be jewish (I honestly haven’t checked what faith the various studio bosses observe)
      
      but that doesn’t make them “the jews”
    - James
      
      Jewish is a religious belief, not a race. You’re an idiot.
- LazyDave
  
  But of course the same, similar, less or greater amount of effort is being made to pursue murderers, rapists, etc. Search in Google for something like “U.S. cracks down on (crime)”.
TheFuture

Soon we see something like that:

“Errr… Hello Man.
Hi!
Remember that movie you asked me to download?
Sure!
Well! I’m in prison.”.
- James
  
  And like, ” Hey man, I just killed my neighbors and no-body cares! The police are all after file-sharer’s”
- James
  
  Bullshit! You’re not going to go to prison for downloading a move. Stop being such a tool. It’s a civil offense. Notice how these are always labeled Criminal copyright ? There is a difference between civil law and criminal law.
  - TheFuture
    
    Say that to “Mega Conspiracy” and dozens of cops in choppers cutting it’s way into a private property and people being denied to get out of jail.
    - James
      
      They were charged under criminal law, taking money! If you just copy a film, no money, it’s regular copyright infringement ( civil ). Then, your grievance is with the copyright owner. A complaint, must first come to you from them about it. Then they need to file charges against you in a civil lawsuit.
      I realize America is a fascist country, so the laws are messed up over there, but in Common Law countries, this still applies.
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foff

Oh fuck all of you pro copyright pricks. The NFL will probably make a billion dollars off the superbowl. Any copyright infringement losses would be incidental. By the way if the NFL thinks it needs all the work ice is doing why don’t they reimburse the government for the expenses? Corporations should be paying for that protection not the average Joe.

I think the fucking government ought to require these monopolies to provide at nominal expense a streaming link for all these events. If the price was right 99% of those that stream would pay for a good clear solid link and illegal streaming would become moot.

Their logos are not worth that much to me. I don’t give a fuck about wearing anything that has a sports logo. I would certainly not pay a premium for it. Those that do have too much fucking money.
- Anonymous
  
  but they are paying the government
  
  it is called bribery. sorry, I mean “campaign contributions”
  - LazyDave
    
    Or…paying taxes materially due?
- Mwhahaha
  
  I always thought that we should be paid to wear clothes with the logos on them. Why advertise Nike, Addidas or any sports team on your body without expecting payment for it?
  
  Ever since the logo thing became chic I’ve done my best to avoid any on shoes, shirt or wherever. Why it’s so popular to be walking billboards I’ll never know. I guess it makes up for personality in some people.
- Jewhater
  
  great message!
  Fuck the NFL, fuck hollywood and fuck the Jews!
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Ten twenty

The corporates are really taking it personal. Those poor rich bastards.
Blah blah and blah

The complaint against Quiroa outlines his alleged piracy efforts from February 2010 to January 2012.

It concludes by saying a U.S. Department of Homeland Security enforcement agent posing as a WWE representative last week offered to buy various domain names associated with the defendant, and received a response offering to “make a deal.”

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/02/us-website-seizures-idUSTRE8111UD20120202

*facepalm*
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Kenny

I doubt he had anything to do with firstrow/xonesports/soccertvlive. The other sites perhaps.
KiRE

I’m surprised that they didn’t send in a seal team for this vicious pirate…
- TheFuture
  
  If Iran was a server country to host this file-share, stream and cyberlockers companies. Probably US would have invaded it in past without doubt.
  - $1
    
    Let’ s see how MPAA and RIAA pay for the billions-per-day war costs.
    - Anonymous
      
      What? No, don’t worry, we (and our kids) pay for that. They would have pay a little bit as well, but a lot of those guys have found exploits to reduce/eliminate their taxes.
Rawr

What i don’t understand….
The superbowl is broadcast by nbc….
nbc is broadcasted for free over the airwaves.
thus they are paid by advertising.

I stream the game, I watch the ads.

so why the f@#@ would they want to prevent me from watching the ads during the superbowl? I find it silly…. >.>
- Anonymous
  
  common sense have no place in copyright laws, you should have learned that by now
- LazyDave
  
  “I stream the game, I watch the ads.”
  
  If you control the ads and/or get paid while streaming those videos, that’s where NBC can make an issue.
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Kenny

This guy definitely had no relation with FirstRow, he was however part of Robplay.tv and some of other small sites mentioned.

So this bust means nothing at all. The ones running FirstRow are from Portugal and India.
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Nightrider

This is how we get a one percent vs 90 percent culture.. they want it all for themselves… what they don’t get enough? You can’t put up with a little guy making a few bucks off your shit? All this just shows you how our government is run by corporate interests. If ICE and the DOJ were doing what really needs to be done, they would be shutting down all the gambling shit that is ruining lives. They don’t touch that crap because there no lobbyists paying off their sorry asses to do it… I’m gonna counterfeit some mickey mouse coffee cups right now.. come get me coppers!
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ICE Director John Morton, “Our message is simple: abiding by intellectual property rights laws is not optional; it’s the law.”

But that’s what makes the law an ass John!!! These Imaginary Property “rights” are unfit for 21st century society and need to be abolished to remove this nightmare scenario of State censorship and site seizures that you call “a victory”. Stalin would be so proud of you John – but rather strangely you act for the USA government and not the USSR.

We’re entering into another period of the Dark Ages in which knowledge that should be shared freely and openly is being locked down and denied to people simply due to selfish greed.

The system is therefore broken and it’s up to us to persuade OUR politicians to fix it.
Stickeywicket10101

I’ve noticed quite a few racist comments on TF as of late.
This is a disgrace. Please knock it off with the BS race crap.

“RedTails.CAM READNFO XViD – INSPiRAL”
This cam just hit the net today. Crappy copy. Great movie.
Tuskegee Airmen – True Story. RED TAILS – GREAT MOVIE.

Maybe the US Department of Justice and the Office of Home Land Security (with the help of George Lucas and the US Air Force) should put a quality copy of RED TAILS on the net.

BEST USA MILITARY RECRUITING FILM I’ve seen in years.
I’d pay to see this in theaters.
LazyDave

Hmmm, I guess Mr. Quiroa really thought he could get away with it for as long as he can inspite of other confirmed stories of those seizures and what-not. And he lost.
Rob

Wasn’t the Department of Homeland Security created to protect American citizens from terrorist threats? I didn’t know streaming WWE Monday Night Raw or the Superbowl was a threat to national security.
- Kr0nZ
  
  well you cant have terrorist training for free by watched those drama fights :)
- Guest of a Guest
  
  The Department of Homeland Security was made to stop terrorists.
  
  The definition or label of a terrorist is the most subjective title you can imagine. If you do something to piss off the government, you can be called a terrorist. If you piss off the pals of the government, pals like the RIAA and NBC, you can also get the moniker of terrorist.
  
  The sobriquet of being called a terrorist has little to do with your conduct being of the type that would actually leads to violence or physical harm of others. That would almost make sense if being destructive with violence was the only way to get branded a terrorist.
  
  So the Department of Homeland Security does fight terrorists. Who the terrorists are just depends on who got caught having the misfortune to wear the even changing and ever expanding title of ‘terrorist’. No valid rhyme nor reason to getting that label in substance.
  
  A funny but sadly true history of the DHS and their action against those deemed threats is thus: Under Bush 43rd the threats the DHS looked into (some of them) were liberal college professors who taught about Muslim issues and Middle Eastern subjects. There was no evidence these teachers had any link to supporting violence nor terrorism. DHS then also looked into some online pirates and ‘rouge’ internet users.
  
  Under Obama the DHS looked into men and women who went to peaceful Tea Party (no single arrest at ANY Tea Party) protests and even soldiers who fought for the USA and recently became civilians. DHS then also continued to look into some online pirates and ‘rouge’ internet users.
  
  So the DHS was and is just a tool to be used by whichever side is in power to keep the people of the land under check. It can also be hired out as a big time mall cop to crack down on those who do what the group who ‘hired’ DHS does not like. Such a hiring is done by political payments. The RIAA and MPAA and such have buddies on the Left and the Right in America.
  
  DHS fights terrorists, too bad the label terrorist is very flimsy and anyone can get branded as such for pissing off those in power. Abuse of words leading to abuse of power. By reading this, you are not a ‘terrorist’.
  - Predator
    
    “The Department of Homeland Security was made to stop terrorists.”
    
    No.
    
    The Department of Homeland Security was made to terrorize the citizen while the corporatists and the bankers fuck the US constitution rob us blind and put them us in the street!
    
    The Department of Homeland Security are the terrorists.
    
    You know I am not terrorize!
Tonyj

Just read an article on Slavery/prostitution in the U.S. where some of the sex workers were as young as 11 years old. This is just an indictment of a Government and society, prioritizing the criminal behavior anything that cuts into big business profits (marginally) as requiring an urgent solution above slavery/prostitution, leaving the victims of sex slavery to fend for themselves.

The Decline and Fall of morality in the U.S.A. The ship is sinking, say a prayer for the old man.
- James
  
  Raise the issue with the U.N. There should be a class action against the U.S government by it’s citizens for failure to protect the people’s interests.
  Human rights should be put before Corporate profits.
- LazyDave
  
  What absolute bullshit. Search in Google for something like “U.S. cracks down on (whatever crime)” and see if they’re prioritizing one as more important, or neglecting one as less relevant, than the other.
Guest of a Guest

This is the dangerous issue:

The government likes to lump together those who counterfeit physical goods with those who direction computers to behave in certain ways in respect to information storage or transfer.

This is not unlike the issues at the start of the World Wide Web where some actually had to have it spelled out for them that Freedom of Speech does apply to online communications as much as it does to print, TV, in person or on the radio expressions and the existing protections those have. There had to be a showing that while technology changes the forum, the rights were intact in that case.

I mention that last point since the pretext to some in power thinking free speech did not apply in cases of online use was the different forum used to make such expressions. The net had not been tested yet for Prior Restraint. Filmmakers and their movies had (Hitchcock). Books had (Uncle Tom’s Cabin). Music had (2 Live Crew).

To fake a physical product and sell it as real has been tested and judged to be a crime according to the final law of a land. As for the online streaming and file sharing: That is still being fought over and is not set in the sense of the final law. Copyright is real and set. So called copyright infringement is a lose mash up of agendas and is NOT set in final law. We will see in the next few years more solid proof as to if the sharing of content online is illegal or not in a way that sustains.

The government did not seem to make the distinction between what was set and what is a current ongoing issue. That ongoing issue is a plastic one indeed.
- LazyDave
  
  “As for the online streaming and file sharing: That is still being fought over and is not set in the sense of the final law. Copyright is real and set. So called copyright infringement is a lose mash up of agendas and is NOT set in final law.”
  
  How else were other laws (aside from those lobbied for) crafted to begin with anyway?
Mistr-l

perhaps off topic, but if things keep going the way they are, it looks like torrentfreak will come to an end too… it all filters through..geesh!
- James
  
  If it gets that bad, then I cancel the Internet. There’s no reason to have it just to pay for every site you visit and be blasted with advertisement. Just as the U.S Jews want it.
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HollywoodAnna

Yet another failure of a business model being used to destroy a new working business model.
Dia

By laws of the land he means the USA – even if you’ve never been there.
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Anonymous

The Feds clearly have WAY too much spare time on their hands.
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Anon

“In sports, players must abide by rules of the game, and in life, individuals must follow the laws of the land. Our message is simple: abiding by intellectual property rights laws is not optional; it’s the law.” – funny considering US authoritys are extriditing a british national for something which in britian is not a crime….
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