We interrupt this release for a special bulletin:
From A Recent DOJ Press Release:
"These warez groups supply the for-profit criminal distribution
networks that cost the copyright industry billions of dollars
each year."
Oh what a happy load of horseshit this really is; the latest
barrage of verbal diarrhea from a law enforcement agency more
concerned with eliminating rights and freedoms than protecting
the populous.
Lets look at this statement: first, it misleads the public into
thinking that the warez scene is somehow directly linked to
for-profit idiots when that's far from the truth; sellers have no
place in the scene and any respectable group does not tolerate
them.
Second, it puts an astronomical value on the effect of "piracy"
- it's a number that sounds sexy but cannot be proven. But then,
we've said this for years.
Third, it implies that for-profit schemes are based upon scouring
P2P networks and sites for goodies to sell. While this is
sometimes the case, it seems amusing to us to take a glance at
for-profit websites and custom crack operations - there you'll
find all sorts of applications not even released to the scene.
Yes, folks, you can buy "warez" that you can't download freely. And
it has nothing to do with the scene.
Why?
The US DOJ has had one noticeable effect from its online antics
in the scene - it has driven for-profit business through the roof!
For-profit piracy has increased tenfold in the last few years,
while the scene has remained stagnant. Why?
Well, if you're a talented cracker, why contribute something for
free and for the betterment of fellow PC users and risk harassment
and jail when you can profit from it and face more lenient
penalties?
Why not charge money to crack the latest dongle-protected util
under the guise of having the customer "prove" ownership? Why not
base your business in an eastern European or Southeast Asian nation
where enforcement is lax?
In short, the clowns at the DOJ/FBI have driven talent into the
hands of the greedy, while at the same time ignoring the growing
trend of profit-driven counterfeiting and "backup" schemes. The
only time such cases are prosecuted is when they practically
fall into the laps of these hired hands of the BSA.
And so the greedy SOBs - no, not the bribed DOJ but the for-profit
goons - are on the rise, in many cases cracking titles all by
their lonesome - but it's a scene-generated problem.
No, my little presswhores and DOJ dimwits - it's a problem you
created.
But it's good to see you found a way to cram a couple more computer
geeks into your prisons. Small children everywhere will sleep more
soundly tonight.
Pathetic.
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