Decade Of Pirates On The Run: Still Blinded To Real Potential Of Overlay Networks

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https://yro.slashdot.org/story/16/11/16/2134207/police-raid-pirate-site-seize-60-servers-following-mpaa-complaint

When it comes to shutting down pirate sites, few groups have a longer
history than the Motion Picture Association of America. The Hollywood
organization has dozens of pirate scalps under its belt and today is
able to claim another. Serving more than a million users every day,
FS.to was one of Ukraine's largest pirate sites. Ranked the country's
21st most popular site overall, the movie-focused platform attracted
the attention of the MPAA and local rights holders alike. That has
resulted in one of the biggest raids ever seen in the country.
According to the cyber crime division of Ukraine's national police, an
operation shut down the platform Monday following a complaint from
Hollywood. The authorities say that 19 people suspected of running the
site via a network of local and offshore companies were arrested. The
operation to shut the site appears to have been significant. Raids
took place at the offices and homes of the suspects, plus datacenters
where equipment running the site was installed. Thus far around 60
servers have been seized from a range of local ISPs but the operation
is still ongoing so the tally could increase. Local sources indicate
that the authorities have linked local Internet company Ferazko
Holding Inc. with FS since it owns several of the site's domains
including FS.to, BRB.to and FS.ua.