DMusic.com | for indie musicians and fans | Free MP3 music downloads - Forums: The General Forum: Dept. of Homeland Security enforcing RIAA lawsuits?

Forums > The General Forum

Dept. of Homeland Security enforcing RIAA lawsuits?

Veracohr	Date: January 24, 2004 @ 7:40 PM " id="82535">Found this in another forum. No official news articles to link to, but it's pretty fucked up if true. http://recpit.prosoundweb.com/viewtopic.php?t=10962 I just got a call from my mother. Her best friends son (my friend) just came over to her house (across the country from here)and she put him on the phone with me (land lines thank you). The dept of homeland security knocked on their door and as soon as they opened the door, they barged in and ordered everyone to the floor (EXCEPT my mothers 65 year old friend who is in a wheel chair, I am not going to exagerate here but this included a visiting family friend). They had ski masks, automatic weapons, and were VERY gestapo looking. He is one of 532 John Does that a federal judge has issued search warrants for. This not only included the ISP's but also their homes and computers. Investigation of downloading copyrighted material. they SAID they had a warrant. They told him he could and SHOULD leave for a few hours as they would be taking a while "gathering evidence". He indeed left and returned. They took his computers, his CD's, and his magazines. He did get their name and who they worked for...
thedarkaeons	Date: January 24, 2004 @ 11:14 PM This sounds like a total bullshit story.
TameasDust	Date: January 25, 2004 @ 2:47 AM or he got it offa an TV ad up here in canada about downloading offa pirate sites ... sorta similar
Svensta	Date: January 25, 2004 @ 10:22 AM more than 'sounds' like one, Darkaeon. This is complete tripe.
Woof	Date: January 26, 2004 @ 12:35 AM The fact that folks can actually believe it's true says a lot about just how much we trust the government, though... doesn't it?
Remye	Date: January 26, 2004 @ 8:46 AM did he see the warrant? did he ASK to see the warrant? If not, then I'm personally not believing this. He's smart enough to download stuff and all that, but doesn't know to ask to see the warrant? I'm not sayin he's lying, but I'm not sure all the details are here. Makes for interesting type tho.
peatrap	Date: January 26, 2004 @ 9:31 AM If the goverment has joined forces with the riaa when there is real life problems going on that require these resources, start writing your politisions and cover them up with complaints, if you ever read much about germany and hitler, this is just how he got his grip on power, his thugs were called brown shirts. I hope god blesses america, the land of the free.
mawcs	Date: January 26, 2004 @ 11:45 AM
IronRaven	Date: March 9, 2004 @ 12:11 AM Sounds like crap. Now. Just like at one time, no one thought you would have armed police officers in schools searching students en mass with drawn weapons. Or that you could be disappeared for an indeterminant time without anyone being told where you had gone for the crime of being a Muslim gun owner. Yes, it sounds like crap. I doubt this story has happened. Yet.

Post A Reply
From:	Guest	(Icons - Linking)
Post: