MPAA Agent Poses As Homebuyer To Catch Pirates

bonch writes "The MPAA used an undercover agent posing as a potential homebuyer to gain access to the home of a British couple charged with running a streaming links site. UK authorities decided not to pursue the case, but the MPAA continued, focusing on a Boston programmer who worked on the site, leading to an unprecedented legal maneuver whereby U.S. charges were dropped in exchange for testimony in a UK fraud case."

Re:Clarify

[HapSlappy_2222]

I wonder if I could just go around slapping people until they pay me to stop. That'd be pretty sweet.

The MPAA would probably sue me for stealing their business model, or something. Guess I'll just have to keep working hard to make my customers happy, instead. Stupid reality and it's stupid applying to me.

Boston and Britain

[Lord of the Fries]

Mixing these two always seems to lead to bad things. Sigh.

Re:Slashdotters never read articles

[similar_name]

What are you talking about I don't even read the summary half the time and skip straight to the comments. According to the comments the summary is bad.

Re:Piracy, and making money

[Anonymous Coward]

I can share my idea with others, without depriving its usefulness to myself, just as I can light your tapir with my own fire, without darkening myself.

Not quite; igniting tapirs is a good way to get PETA on your case.