Copyright infringement "gang" raided by UK cops: 3 harmless middle-aged karaoke fans
by Cory Doctorow from on (#Y9CF)
The City of London Police's Intellectual Property Crime Unit's breathless press-release about their raid on a "gang suspected of uploading and distributing tens of thousands of karaoke tracks online" obscures the truth: they busted three middle-aged dudes who loved singing, so they hunted down otherwise unavailable tracks and shared them with other karaoke fans, not making a penny in the process. (more")