Warez Bust: MaGE Leader Sentenced to Prison - GoFuckYourself.com

Aussie Rebel · 11-04-2007, 04:49 PM

Interesting

A 27 year old man has been sentenced to prison on one felony count of conspiracy to infringe copyright in his capacity as leader of the warez release group ?MaGE?. On top of this he was also fined $5000 and ordered to serve 2 years supervised release.

Last week, District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Justin Paul Emch for his involvement in the ?warez scene? - specifically an offense claimed to have been carried out when he was leader of the release group ?MaGE?.

Emch was indicted in yet another action forming Operation Fastlink - a huge undercover investigation carried out by the FBI, the US Department of Justice and Interpol into the ?warez scene?

It?s claimed that Emch was a leader of the group ?MaGE? and worked to supply the group with software. Other members of the group then cracked the software (removed the security/copy protection) and passed the titles back to Emch for testing. The group had a huge collection of copyright material to which Emch had full access.

For his actions, Emch (like a few before him) received 12 months in prison on a felony count of conspiracy to infringe copyright, two years of supervised release and a $5000 fine.

Presumably the authorities will be wanting to keep a tighter grip on Emch than they did with the leader of RISCISO who proved to be quite an annoyance.

http://torrentfreak.com/mage-leader-...prison-071104/

riddler · 11-04-2007, 04:54 PM

small fry out of all the scene groups.

woj · 11-04-2007, 06:42 PM

I have no idea why grown men would want anything to do with warez... wtf is wrong with people?

Spunky · 11-04-2007, 06:47 PM

Basically a slap on the wrist

woj · 11-04-2007, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spunky

Basically a slap on the wrist

a year in jail is kinda rough for something he was doing as a hobby...

quantum-x · 11-04-2007, 07:30 PM

MaGE? Never even heard of that group. When they start busting CoRE then we'll be talking.

Incidentally, RISCiSO was a whole different kettle of fish. Krazy8 had served previously for drug charges etc.

11-04-2007, 04:49 PM	#1
Aussie Rebel Blow Me U Geeks Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Maximum Security Posts: 5,108	Warez Bust: MaGE Leader Sentenced to Prison Interesting A 27 year old man has been sentenced to prison on one felony count of conspiracy to infringe copyright in his capacity as leader of the warez release group ?MaGE?. On top of this he was also fined $5000 and ordered to serve 2 years supervised release. Last week, District Judge Frank D. Whitney sentenced Justin Paul Emch for his involvement in the ?warez scene? - specifically an offense claimed to have been carried out when he was leader of the release group ?MaGE?. Emch was indicted in yet another action forming Operation Fastlink - a huge undercover investigation carried out by the FBI, the US Department of Justice and Interpol into the ?warez scene? It?s claimed that Emch was a leader of the group ?MaGE? and worked to supply the group with software. Other members of the group then cracked the software (removed the security/copy protection) and passed the titles back to Emch for testing. The group had a huge collection of copyright material to which Emch had full access. For his actions, Emch (like a few before him) received 12 months in prison on a felony count of conspiracy to infringe copyright, two years of supervised release and a $5000 fine. Presumably the authorities will be wanting to keep a tighter grip on Emch than they did with the leader of RISCISO who proved to be quite an annoyance. http://torrentfreak.com/mage-leader-...prison-071104/

11-04-2007, 06:42 PM	#3
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11-04-2007, 06:47 PM	#4
Spunky I need a beer Industry Role: Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ♠ Toiletville ♠ Posts: 133,943	Basically a slap on the wrist __________________ *YOUR INFORMATION HERE*

11-04-2007, 04:54 PM	#2
riddler Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: up in gang bang heaven Posts: 3,726	small fry out of all the scene groups.

11-04-2007, 07:30 PM	#6
quantum-x Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ICQ: 251425 Fr/Au/Ca Posts: 6,863	MaGE? Never even heard of that group. When they start busting CoRE then we'll be talking. Incidentally, RISCiSO was a whole different kettle of fish. Krazy8 had served previously for drug charges etc.