U.S. officials announced a multistate, peer-to-peer (P2P) network user bust, calling it “the first federal enforcement action taken against criminal copyright piracy on peer-to-peer networks,” and announcing the execution of search warrants at five homes and an ISP. The effort of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s office — which this week brought the raids in New York, Texas and Wisconsin — is called Operation Digital Gridlock and is part of an investigation into the illegal distribution of copyrighted movies, software, games and music over P2P networks.
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Feds Raid P2P Users, RIAA Pushes Lawsuits
Posted by: Jay Lyman August 26, 2004 10:56 AMU.S. officials announced a multistate, peer-to-peer (P2P) network user bust, calling it “the first federal enforcement action taken against criminal copyright piracy on peer-to-peer networks,” and announcing the execution of search warrants at five homes and an ISP. The effort of U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s office — which this week brought the raids in New York, Texas and Wisconsin — is called Operation Digital Gridlock and is part of an investigation into the illegal distribution of copyrighted movies, software, games and music over P2P networks.