Warez Scene Members Facing 5 Years in Prison
Written by enigmax on April 03, 2008Five so-called ‘warez scene’ members have been indicted on charges of conspiring to commit copyright infringement. For the unauthorized sharing of tens of thousands of files, the men face five years in prison and fines of $250,000 on each count.
U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut Kevin J. O’Connor announced that a Grand Jury returned a three-count indictment, charging five men with copyright offenses they committed as members of the so-called ‘warez scene’.
The five, using names such as iced, kidzapped, niterangr and tcut, were caught as part of ‘Operation Higher Education’ - a component of ‘Operation Fastlink‘ - and are all charged with conspiracy.
According to a report, Dominic Tymorek, a 53 year-old from Woodstock, Georgia, and 57 year-old Robert Hardick, of Getzville, N.Y., face three counts. Steven Fiatarone, a 55 year-old from Spring Hill, Florida and 43-year-old Michael Uszakow, of Oakdale, Minn., face two counts and William Parrott, of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., faces one count.
If convicted, the men face up to five years in prison and fines up to $250,000 on each count.
At the same time, 25 year-old Daniel Jaeger, aka ‘Microeguy’ of Wappinger, New York, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford. Jaeger admitted to being a ’scene member’ for two years and building and running an FTP server known as ‘DataStream’ (DS), used for the distribution of pirated material.
Jaeger admitted that he knew that those accused along with him had uploaded pirate material to both ‘DataStream’ and another FTP site known as ‘Arakis’ (AKS)
Jaeger also faces five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
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FIRST LOL
Shrug. These guys were probably just careless. The Scene’s paranoia has increased tenfold since Fastlink, so these cases will become rarities pretty soon.
No cause for alarm. They don’t appear to be a part of any major group or operation.
wow
guess they’re just too old to run anymore.
surprising they’re all in thier fifties….
>At the same time, 25 year-old Daniel Jaeger, aka ‘Microeguy’ of Wappinger, New York, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford.
> …
> Jaeger also faces five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
He should have known.
Sounds like Daniel Jaeger made a some sort of deal, bet he gets less than 6 months in jail.
Peace be to them, but i hope the one that squealed gets but raped in jail.
Oh wow, retarded-police strikes again. Copyright infringement, it’s hard to even laugh at the sheer stupidity of the term anymore.
Anyway, Good luck to these guys. Sucks to have your life ruined for swapping some fucking mp3’s and movies.
Five years is a bit ridiculous. Put this in context with other crimes in which the offender can get five years.
Lets say they stole candy/movie from a candy/movie store…and shared it they wouldn’t get five years!
Even so, prison time is just ridiculous.
@ enigmax
Just a common question (I think), but don’t the U.S. have a law, or something, against the media writing the not-already-convicteds’ names? I’m asking cause I recently got aware of it because in Sweden the media have to censor it like “the 25-years old man” or “the known tv-doctor” (that last one actully failed cause everyone knew his name just from that desc.).
Don’t worry, I’m sure the scene will release some nfos explaining how people at torrentfreak and rlslog and torrent kiddies are to blame for the jackasses not knowing enuff to protect themselves.
If you don’t know how to run a secure ftp, DON’T FUCKING RUN ONE!
15$ says these guys had very VERY loose connections with the scene, OR, they were offered up as a sacrifice by the scene.
Am I the only one that noticed that all the ‘major’ scene busts have really consisted of a scene noob getting caught camming, or a few jackasses running unsecure ftp?
what kind of charge is “conspiring” to commit copyright infringement. that is honestly the stupidest thing i have heard
4/5 of the group was over 40? seems a little odd to me… not really sure why.
5 years is a lot… you can comit embezzlement and only get 27 months in a federal minimum security prison!
if yuor not careful you’ll get caught but theres no need for snitchin’
Are they pulling charges from their ass now?
How come the law allow prison term for non-profit supposed copyright infrigement? If it is part of the DMCA it does not apply because since the DMCA is uncosntitutional it is a nul law non enforcable and non applicable.
It seem to me that these governement tugs are corrupted by corporates and are now shiting at the law game. Find with us! We will not be playing this game anymore with all the resulting consequences!
Let’s dismiss this abusive governement as authorized by the constitution and let’s organize new election.
Incumbants need not to apply.
[quote comment="329723"]>At the same time, 25 year-old Daniel Jaeger, aka ‘Microeguy’ of Wappinger, New York, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford.
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> Jaeger also faces five years in prison and a fine of $250,000.
He should have known.[/quote]
Can Anybody Say “fukin snitch” Arr walk the plank…….
bwah, hypocrites. I bet every single one of you would snitch when faced with 5 years jail and a 250.000 dollar fine at the age of 25 for file sharing… I know I would.
Peace be to them.
“At the same time, 25 year-old Daniel Jaeger, aka ‘Microeguy’ of Wappinger, New York, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford. Jaeger admitted to being a ’scene member’ for two years and building and running an FTP server known as ‘DataStream’ (DS), used for the distribution of pirated material.”
i dont agree with the ways many things are done during wars but im starting to see the reason why the so enjoy the pratice of putting sniches and traitors before a firing squad…
[quote comment="330018"]“At the same time, 25 year-old Daniel Jaeger, aka ‘Microeguy’ of Wappinger, New York, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty before Magistrate Judge Donna F. Martinez in Hartford. Jaeger admitted to being a ’scene member’ for two years and building and running an FTP server known as ‘DataStream’ (DS), used for the distribution of pirated material.”
i dont agree with the ways many things are done during wars but im starting to see the reason why the so enjoy the pratice of putting sniches and traitors before a firing squad…[/quote]
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[quote comment="329823"]Just a common question (I think), but don’t the U.S. have a law, or something, against the media writing the not-already-convicteds’ names? I’m asking cause I recently got aware of it because in Sweden the media have to censor it like “the 25-years old man” or “the known tv-doctor” (that last one actully failed cause everyone knew his name just from that desc.).[/quote]
Nope, no law against printing the names of accused people in the US, as long they’re over the age of 18. See, here in the “land of the free”, the media is free to ruin a person’s reputation and their life by dragging their name through the mud at the first accusation.
[quote comment="329975"]How come the law allow prison term for non-profit supposed copyright infrigement?[/quote]
Because the MPAA/RIAA are basically running the government as far as copyright issues are concerned and they’ve telling anyone who’ll listen that copyright infringement is the biggest threat the world has ever faced.
So i guess thats why WarezScene is down. Shame, it seemed like a cool site.
It hurts when fellow pirates are caught =(
thats sad but new sites go up soon as one gose down.
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