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3 Teenagers were arrested for hosting a Warez Forum

18 February 2010 10 Comments

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An Internet forum which provided links to movies and TV shows hosted on sites such as Rapidshare has been raided by police. Following an anti-piracy group investigation, three alleged operators of the 30,000 member site were arrested, two of which were teenagers. Searches were carried out on members in three other locations.

With 30,000 members Filmowisko was a prominent file-sharing forum. The site didn’t host any illicit material, but like many of its type, linked to movies, TV shows, music and other warez stored on hosting sites such as Rapidshare.

During the raid last Friday, police say they arrested three individuals on suspicion of running the site – a 21 year-old computer science student and two teenagers aged 16 and 17 – and also conducted searches on site members in three other locations.

After lengthy questioning the 21 and 17 year-old were released and now face copyright infringement charges which carry a maximum 5 year prison sentence in Poland. The 16 year-old, who was reported yesterday as still being detained, will be dealt with by the family courts.

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Pubudu Kodikara said:

Piracy seems to be a serious crime! even linking to those sides means suicide! yikes!

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# 18 February 2010 at 8:38 PM

Sukhjit Singh said:

LOL the small ones will be screwed!!!!

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# 18 February 2010 at 10:00 PM

Technology Design said:

Man why don’t they raid rapidshare. All the content is hosted there. Poor kids
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