Razorback2 Servers Seized

An anonymous reader writes "Slyck is reporting that Belgian and Swiss authorities have raided and seized Razorback2's servers. From the article: 'Razorback2 was an eDonkey2000 indexing server - very different in nature from an indexing site such as ShareReactor. Unlike indexing sites, Razorback2's index was only available through an eDonkey2000 client such as eMule. While it does not host any actual files or multimedia material, it does index the location of such files on the eDonkey2000 network. The legality of such indexing remains questionable, however this has not deterred copyright enforcement actions.'"

Re:Sucks...

[tribentwrks]

(you get *FAR* more and way better results using KAD instead). The worst problem I see is more people will rely on KAD, increasing the server load...

Hmmm, I worry about server load increase, and yet I post a glowing review of said servers on SLASHDOT!

Re:Interesting

[Daniel_Staal]

I mean, surely when the Justice Department needs to take a look at Microsoft's paperwork, they send in in an elite squad of ATF agents to rappel down from above, crash through the roof, and storm the building with machineguns drawn.

It's much more fun that way.

Re:Interesting

[dbolger]

How come when the property of regular citizens is siezed for investigation of a piracy or drug-related crime, you always hear the term "raid."

That's because regular citizens "loot" these materials, while Microsoft "find" tax loopholes ;)

eDonkey

[revery]

Ironically, it is reported that prior to the raid, Swiss authorities had called Razorback2 and requested certain information. The raid was prompted only when they received a response in the form of:

Information requested. You are number 563432 in the queue. Please wait...

Nice job Swiss....NOT!

[gasmonso]

Good to see the Swiss being so neutral on the matter ;)

http://religiousfreaks.com/ [religiousfreaks.com]

Re:Interesting

[Minwee]

"How come when the property of regular citizens is siezed for investigation of a piracy or drug-related crime, you always hear the term "raid.""

When they don't call in advance to let you know they're coming, it's a raid. That's what it has always been called.

"I mean, surely when the Justice Department needs to take a look at Microsoft's paperwork, they send in in an elite squad of ATF agents to rappel down from above, crash through the roof, and storm the building with machineguns drawn."

Unfortunately the spell checker in the new version of Office sometimes has trouble with the names "Tuttle" and "Buttle"...

Re:Interesting

[david.given]

...if you think verbing weirds language, wait'll you try conjugation!

Now, now, conjugating verbs should be done only between consenting grammatical forms in the privacy of their own paragraph.

Remember: people have sex, and words have gender!

Re:That's not enough

[Tweekster]

You know I have hear some really crackpot stuff, but that is just flat out lucid... I think we need a war on whatever narcotics you are taking by the pound. Do you really believe this idiocy you spew? If you do believe it, you must be the most joyless person ever to be encountered.

Re:I thought we settled this with hyperlinking?

[xiando]

Is this how the new administration uses it's "terrorist" powers to do what they like when they like to do it?

You missed part of history. Please (re-)read the Patriot Act. Jaywalking is now a "terrorist" offense in the USA.

As for Norway, Norwegian "Police intelligence" chief Jørn Holme publicly stated that "If it is not against the law, and can not be prosecuted, then we will take the measures we feel is appropriate". That basically Means that if you do absolutely nothing wrong and you criticize the Norwegian regime then they will torture you and in any way possible try to destroy you. This is relevant because the "Police intelligence" department (PST) started a surveillance, torture and sabotage operation on me after I made documentaries about 911 available on the Internet and posted a lot of information with links to it in Norwegian forums. Here they do not even use the terrorist excuse, they simply say "We do not like you, so we torture you".

Getting my servers shut down like Razorback2 is one thing the Norwegian Gestapo Police can't do that sine they are hosted abroad. So instead they torture with microwave weapons, voice-to-scull mind-control weapons, steal my mail, harass my neighbors and on and on BECAUSE OF RUNNING A DAMN WEBSITE with information that goes against everything the criminal regime would have people believe.

Take my word for it, getting your server(s) shut down is nothing compared to what some governments are willing to do to stop video documentaries to be accessible to the public.

Re:"A menace to society"

[Frazbin]

Making crazy, half cocked, analogies is like driving a cart full of dachsunds through a marshmallow factory.

Re:I thought we settled this with hyperlinking?

[R2.0]

First impulse: Troll (-1)
Second Thought: Paranoid Schizophrenia (-1)

Conclusion: High Comedy! (+5 Funny)

Re:I thought we settled this with hyperlinking?

[dirk]

I'm not an international lawyer or anything, but it occurs to me that the law might be different outside the U.S.

WHAT?!?!??! What kind of savages do they have living in the rest of the world? Everyone should be obeying US laws, as we all know that it is the best and fairest laws ever to excist. We need to liberate the citizens of the rest of the world, so they to can follow US law, instead of whatever ungodly, communist laws they have been following. Think of the poor, heathen children!

Re:"A menace to society"

[pureevilmatt]

You've obviously never driven a cart full of dachsunds through a marshmallow factory.

Re:"A menace to society"

[Moosechees]

Making crazy, half cocked, analogies is like driving a cart full of dachsunds through a marshmallow factory.

That is, something you are bound to come across at least a few times every day on the internet.

Re:"A menace to society"

[TheSpoom]

case FUNNY:
  karma += 0;

case INSIGHTFUL:
  karma += 1; // use insightful rather than funny so poster doesn't suffer
              // net karma loss if they get modded down

Re:Decentralize / Anonymous

[billcopc]

Like anything in this jealous world, if you get too big, someone wants to take you down.

If you had "copy-parties" so big that the cops knew about them, then you have too many "friends". If you were just handing copies of NHL 2000 to your mates for some late night multiplayer goodness, you flew under the radar, but if you're inviting the whole state to your "party" (a party without liquor nor women :P), then I have a dunce hat that's just your size.

Re:Decentralize

[nexex]

Don't copy that floppy!

Re:BitTorrent Is Not Illegal.

[LittleBigLui]

There has never been a single byte of illegal material on our tracker

Liar! Thief! Filthy Criminal! Of course there were. For example, the byte 0x5A - taken straight from adios-4.15.iso that you help distributing - is clearly stolen from the latest Britney Spears CD, where it appears next to the byes 0xC2 and 0x82, and we both know that those make their appearances in said ISO, too.