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Torrent Site Uploader and Member of 'The Scene' Sentenced to Prison in Denmark. (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Danish authorities have claimed two new victories in the ongoing battle against online piracy. A 46-year-old man, who allegedly uploaded content to the Danish torrent trackers "SuperBits" and "DanishBytes", was sentenced to nine months in prison. The other defendant, a 48-year-old man, was linked to 'The Scene'. He received a twelve-month sentence for hosting two servers and sharing pirated content in one of the most elusive piracy groups.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yes, except of course The Scene. IIRC only two of the mentioned trackers still exist today.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Surprised the authorities would go after users of a private tracker, seems like a low impact area compared to public trackers or even pirate movie streaming sites.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Says one of two things - either the guys opsec was comically sloppy and nailing him was free real estate, or getting this particular target was personal and thus the investigation got much more resources allocated than normal. Most LEO orgs (and prosecutors) just want to check the box that says YES we have successfully pwned 1 IP "criminal" in the past 1300 days, now let us continue harassing single mothers and busting drug labs in peace