Hollywood’s own Hollywood Reporter is carrying a story reporting another entertainment industry ‘victory’ springing from its continuing use of US law agencies as tax-payer funded enforcers.
“The Justice Department on Tuesday notched its first-ever convictions for copyright piracy perpetrated on P2P networks as two suspects nabbed by the G-men in the department’s ‘Operation Digital Gridlock’ pleaded guilty to felony intellectual property crimes,” it says.
“Nabbed by G-men”. Just like in the movies.
Operation Digital Gridlock, you’ll recall, was the DoJ / Hollywood farce starring John Ashcroft as the gullible US attorney general, Hollywood as the brutal, unscrupulous, stop-at-nothing entertainment industry and the FBI playing itself.
William Trowbridge, 50, of Johnson City, NY, and Michael Chicoine, 47, of San Antonio, each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit felony criminal copyright infringement, says the story, going on: “From around August 2002 through August 2004, Trowbridge owned, maintained, operated and moderated a direct connect hub named the “Movie ®oom” and Chicoine owned, maintained, operated, and moderated a hub named “Ãçhènøn’s Alley TM.”
Read the complete Story @ P2Pnet News
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