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11-04-2007, 07:39 PM

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Warez Bust: MaGE Leader Sentenced to Prison

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Last week, District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Justin Paul Emch for his involvement in the ‘warez scene‘ - specifically an offense claimed to have been carried out when he was leader of the release group ‘MaGE’.

Emch was indicted in yet another action forming Operation Fastlink - a huge undercover investigation carried out by the FBI, the US Department of Justice and Interpol into the ‘warez scene’

It’s claimed that Emch was a leader of the group ‘MaGE’ and worked to supply the group with software. Other members of the group then cracked the software (removed the security/copy protection) and passed the titles back to Emch for testing. The group had a huge collection of copyright material to which Emch had full access.

For his actions, Emch (like a few before him) received 12 months in prison on a felony count of conspiracy to infringe copyright, two years of supervised release and a $5000 fine.

Presumably the authorities will be wanting to keep a tighter grip on Emch than they did with the leader of RISCISO who proved to be quite an annoyance.

Not cool.

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11-04-2007, 07:45 PM

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11-04-2007, 07:46 PM

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gamepin126 Senior Member Retired Staff Member Celestial Entity Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 19,604	All this **** just started happening in the last few weeks. Set a trashcan on fire and keep a bum warm for a night. Set the bum on fire, and keep him warm for the rest of his life. -- If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. - Edsger Dijkstra
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11-04-2007, 07:50 PM

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bat the ****ing bilingual Senior Member Gold Member Evangelist Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,126	oh man this is brutal.
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11-04-2007, 08:03 PM

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Sight Private Hack User Gold Member Enlightened Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,802	I take it this **** is going to start happening in canada too. Should I get Peer Guardian just 2 be safe?
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11-04-2007, 08:15 PM

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gamepin126 Senior Member Retired Staff Member Celestial Entity Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 19,604	you don't already have it? Set a trashcan on fire and keep a bum warm for a night. Set the bum on fire, and keep him warm for the rest of his life. -- If debugging is the process of removing bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in. - Edsger Dijkstra
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11-04-2007, 08:22 PM

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Sight Private Hack User Gold Member Enlightened Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,802	No, I thought in Canada, we have nothing to fear. :[
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11-04-2007, 08:23 PM

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ScAreCroW Senior Member Gold Member Inquisitor Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canada eh? Posts: 5,157	Well that's just gross, warez never hurt anyone
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11-04-2007, 09:27 PM

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Sight Private Hack User Gold Member Enlightened Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 2,802	Alright I downloaded PG2 and **, I turned it on, should I still be able** to surf the web? :/
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11-04-2007, 09:32 PM

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11-04-2007, 09:33 PM

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Aren't they busting warez group leaders, not people who download the warez?

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11-04-2007, 10:08 PM

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Super Gold Member Prophet Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Grandma's basement Posts: 7,268	a year in prison, 2 years of surveillance, and $5k??? That's almost nothing.
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11-05-2007, 12:59 AM

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11-05-2007, 01:46 AM

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Aren't they busting warez group leaders, not people who download the warez?

They're busting actual scene individuals, not so much downloaders.

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11-06-2007, 01:05 PM

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