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Re:Pirate Bay Tricks Anti-Pirates with Fake Peers by byrneseyeview on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @07:21PM (#339508)
That is rather rude. This would be like getting the DEA to bust your 80-year-old neighbor to prove that the drug war is dumb -- you may be right, but it sure sucks to be whichever random bystander you picked.
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Re:Pirate Bay Tricks Anti-Pirates with Fake Peers by pmorici on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @09:07PM (#339600)
The DEA would probably happily bust down the door of your 80 year old neighbor regardless.
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Re:Pirate Bay Tricks Anti-Pirates with Fake Peers by daniel-cussen on Tuesday October 21, 2008 @09:47PM (#339626)
The DEA has busted down the door of 80+ year old neighbors.

From wikipedia:

"Kathryn Johnston (c1914-2006) was an elderly Atlanta, Georgia woman shot by three undercover police in her home on November 21, 2006 after she fired one shot at the ceiling, assuming her home was being invaded. While the officers were wounded by friendly fire, none of the officers received life threatening injuries, but Johnston was killed by their gunfire."

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Re:Pirate Bay Tricks Anti-Pirates with Fake Peers by wmf on Wednesday October 22, 2008 @03:27PM (#340443)
Yeah, some printers are still pissed after getting their Internet access cut off: http://dmca.cs.washington.edu/
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