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Italian music file-sharing forum shut down

article published on 7 July, 2008

The IFPI and Italy's Guardia di Finanza have announced the shutdown of the alleged file-sharing forum Downrevolution.net for thousands of instances of copyright infringement. In connection with the site, four people have been arrested and each will face a "criminal investigation." Reports claim that only one of the men arrested was over the age of 18 meaning the rest are minors. There ... [ read the full article ]

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8. July 2008 @ 04:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
woo hoo great, there is another 4 youths that will never purchase any of your media ever again.

the great thing about targeting the youth is they have many years to influence ppl around them to boycott ass hats.

the IFPI sounds so official but in reality its controlled by SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.

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^Spammer! Stop!

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Originally posted by nobrainer:

the great thing about targeting the youth is they have many years to influence ppl around them to boycott ass hats.
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I think it was the actual site and its activities that were targeted, not the age group of the owners or admin.
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Reports claim that only one of the men arrested was over the age of 18 meaning the rest are minors. There was no word on whether they will prosecuted as minors however

This will prove very interesting

The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI.
The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above!
The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX.

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