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For Immediate Release |
U.S. Department of Justice |
Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty in New Hampshire
Software Piracy Conspiracy
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This case arose out of an FBI undercover operation known as "Operation
Digital Piratez" run in New Hampshire by the Boston, Massachusetts
FBI Computer Squad. During the course of the undercover operation
undercover agents and cooperating witnesses infiltrated several Internet
based computer servers, known as "warez servers" run by
groups of software pirates. Warez servers exist for the exclusive
illegal purpose of storing, copying, and reproducing, world wide,
copyright protected software. They serve no lawful purpose. After the hearing today, U.S. Attorney, Tom Colantuono said, "Software piracy is nothing more and nothing less than Internet based theft, which will not be tolerated in New Hampshire." The case was investigated by the FBI's Computer Squad in Boston, Massachusetts. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U. S. Attorney Arnold Huftalen, with assistance from the United States Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section in Washington, DC.
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