Military Intelligence Used to Shutdown BitTorrent Site

Found on TorrentFreak on Monday, 08 June 2009
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According to reports, police arrested 10 members of staff and seized more than 20 servers, after the military assisted in locating the operators.

France is becoming known as a country engaging in an increasingly aggressive fight against piracy and their enthusiasm seems to have gone through the roof in this case, with an ALPA spokesperson confirming that they had "worked very closely with the military" to locate the staff of the semi-private site.

It's more than just a little disturbing when some companies can basically buy military support from the government. If this becomes normal, we'll soon see RIAA troops invading hosters and possibly other countries.