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With Nothing Better To Do, Homeland Security Going After Computer Gaming Pirates
 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided more than 30 businesses, storefronts and homes in 16 states Wednesday as part of an investigation into the alleged sale and distribution of modified chips and other devices that enable gamers to circumvent copyright protections and play pirated software on their Wii Latest News about Wii, PlayStation Latest News about PlayStation 2 and Xbox Latest News about Xbox 360 consoles."Illicit devices like the ones targeted today are created with one purpose in mind -- subverting copyright protections," said Julie L. Myers, assistant secretary of the Department of Homeland Security's Latest News about Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement division. "These crimes cost legitimate businesses billions of dollars annually, and facilitate multiple other layers of criminality such as smuggling, software piracy and money laundering." The raids were the result of a 12-month investigation codenamed "Operation Tangled Web," which was the largest national enforcement action to target game software piracy committed by online retailers, the ICE said... And remember, when you play computer games with pirated software, you're playing with Osama bin Laden! Posted by: Anonymoose 2007-08-03 |
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