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[Big Sexy]

think again before you use P2P file sharing.

Police raid 7 homes to track down illegal downloading of songs
By S Ramesh, Channel NewsAsia | Posted: 09 October 2006 2044 hrs

SINGAPORE : Seven homes were raided by the police on Sunday night as part of a crackdown on the illegal downloading of copyrighted music from the Internet.

Police say they seized nine personal computers and three laptops, along with other accessories.

Five men and two women, aged between 14 and 32 years old, are currently helping the police with their investigations.

Of the seven, four are students, two are employed and one is a housewife.

A police spokesman added that since November last year, the Intellectual Property Rights Branch (IPRB) of the Criminal Investigation Department has been receiving information from the Recording Industry Association Singapore that a number of online users were downloading and distributing songs illegally.

This was being done in digital format through peer-to-peer file sharing programmes and networks.

After extensive probes, the police ascertained the identities of the suspects, as well as their modus operandi.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspects installed file sharing programmes in their computers and used them to search for copyrighted songs in digital formats via the file sharing networks.

Once identified, these songs were downloaded from the computers of other online users who were also connected to the same file sharing network.

The suspects need not pay for the song downloads.

The Recording Industry Association's chief says on the whole, cases have been declining as there is now more public awareness of the offences.

Edward Neubronner, CEO, Recording Industry Association of Singapore, said, "There are still some young people who think that these sort of activities are not serious. They think they won't be able to get caught and they can remain anonymous in cyberspace. "This clearly shows that these are serious cases. There are serious consequences. And not only will you get caught, but you will be prosecuted and you may face severe penalties. It is disappointing to know that it is well known that two young men have gone to jail earlier this year for similar infringing activities, and yet we still see some people not being deterred by such serious consequences." - CNA/ms

[Big Sexy]

YES! you can bet your ass on it...

Originally Posted by PM from karxxxx

i've read the rules and have become more and more confused.

http://samsforum.com/showthread.php?t=42497

so does this means i will get in trouble for uploading p0rn? i just wanna get some extra rep

[Big Sexy]

you should be fine...but they could give you a warning...as for the girl.. she will most likely to be deport back to her country.

Originally Posted by Pm from rauxxxxxxx

Bro,

However recently she got caught and told the AV that i was the bf. AV calls and verify facts, then i said, yes i did pay. but they then told me i shouldn't be in trouble.

now, would i really be ok? next, what happens to the girl??

Would really be grateful for your advice.

Thanks!

[CrazyThaiLover]

Bro Big Sexy,

Thx 4 ur info, I'm glad that I hv read it. I hv rated dis thread 5 stars. kekeee.


Cheers,
CTL

[jptt]

Hi everyone, any good recommendations on which software (freeware) to use for the ripping / converting of DVD & VCD videos? Thanks

[jptt]

Hi everyone, any good recommendations on which software (freeware) to use for the ripping / converting of DVD & VCD videos? Thanks

[sammyboss]

Thk for sharing.

[naturegreen]

Rules and regulations always sound threatening. Just follow Law!

[S.B.Y]

Say NO to child porn

[Max77]

i was about to try upload the show 囡囡 and share it when I see this thread. Sharing something nice really quite tiring...haiz

[snooker]

Originally Posted by Big Sexy

offences involving dealings in obscene films

(3) Any person who distributes, or has in his possession for the purposes of distributing, to any other person an obscene film knowing or having reasonable cause to believe the film to be obscene shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction —

(a) to a fine of not less than $2,000 for each such film he had distributed or in his possession (but not to exceed in the aggregate $80,000) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both; and

(b) in the case of a second or subsequent conviction, to a fine of not less than $4,000 for each such film he had distributed or in his possession (but not to exceed in the aggregate $100,000) or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. [10/98]

I went to a 5 star hotel n they have porn on the pay movie..so this law only applies to peasant n not the elites???

[travid75]

Noted them and follow. Thanks!

[Big Sexy]

bump..

All forumers,

please read the rules in the first post. thank you.

[munchen]

How do I post images from hard disk? Tks

[tambi8]

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