a sad day

[Raybdbomb]

yes, it's true... those government punks have taken over isonews.



i guess it starts...



for more info, go to www.isonews.com



they used to hold information on the latest 'isos' or warez, gamez, etc., but now they are property of the US Government. Check this out



"IsoNews is now the property of the United States government.

The domain and web site were surrendered to U.S. law enforcement pursuant to a federal prosecution and felony plea agreement for conspiracy to violate criminal copyright laws.



David Rocci, a.k.a “krazy8,” pled guilty in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on December 19, 2002, to conspiring with others to violate federal copyright laws by illegally importing, marketing, and selling modification, or "mod," chips. Mod chips illegally circumvent built-in security protections and allow individuals to play pirated games on game consoles, such as the Microsoft Xbox and the Sony Playstation2. Rocci and his co-conspirators used www.iSONEWS.com as the exclusive outlet to market and sell their mod chips to individuals in the illegal warez scene. As a result, the iSONEWS website is now the property of the United States government. Individuals involved in this conduct face up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $500,000 for each count charged. To learn more about United States v. Rocci, click here.



Piracy is the unauthorized, willful reproduction or distribution of copyrighted material, such as software, movies, music, and games. People who distribute pirated works over the Internet via IRC, FTP sites, web sites, or file-sharing networks, and people who download or reproduce pirated works are risking criminal prosecution. Piracy is a crime even when the works are distributed over the Internet for free or where the conduct does not involve monetary gain, such as the trading of pirated products for other pirated products.



The Department of Justice and federal law enforcement will continue to investigate and prosecute individuals and groups that violate the federal criminal copyright laws at home and abroad. For more information on these and other federal anti-piracy investigations, visit www.cybercrime.gov. "





that's some scary stuff man

[Raybdbomb]

omg i missed that the first time:



Individuals involved in this conduct face up to five years in federal prison and a fine of $500,000 for each count charged.

[Reckless]

yeah...that's pretty frightening. Although federal prisons aren't nearly as bad as state prisons :D

[NIN]

good bye isos! :cry:

reckless used to be in a "local-pound-me-in-the-ass-prison"



oh, and so did ray! -almost forgot to include ya little buddy

cellmates?

[Relorian]

I love how they say Home and Abroad, like they have Jurisdiction in other countrys...



Also, a Mod chip is nesscary to play self made backup games... as in I own the thing, now heres my copy to make sure i dont mess up the original. thats still legal under the fair use act....





Government BAD!

Relorian

[NIN]

BAD Government!

[Dark]

Theyre be fine, most likely get probation but hey, they deserve it dont they?



Be stupid and you get cought....Stupid

[syntax53]

i don't think government would never put up a webpage like that after compromising someone. also i doubt they will still pay for their hosting all that jazz. they are still up and running, someone just hacked them:



http://66.201.243.170/



-syn

[Reckless]

they moved the site to gov't servers syn ;) rofl

[syntax53]

shrug, i just read like 5 sites that said it was just a dns hack. but looking at the DOJ website i see the news about it on there, i don't know. isonews has like 6 servers apparently and they all work by IP. it seems like someone just hacked the dns. but then at the same time it does seem like a legitimate shutdown.