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InternetNews January 19, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Scores First Criminal P2P Convictions The U.S. Department of Justice bagged its first-ever criminal convictions for peer-to-peer copyright theft Tuesday when two men arrested in last summer's Operation Digital Gridlock pleaded guilty.
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Roy Mark	FBI Sting Targets P2P Operation DOJ launches first peer-to-peer criminal probe by targeting a network of Direct Connect users.
InternetNews June 30, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Hits Warez Networks Federal agents launch 70 raids aimed at first providers of illegally distributed copyrighted works. The arrested were all active on warez networks that distribute the copies illegally through the Internet.
InternetNews May 26, 2005	Feds Strike Back at 'Sith' Bootleggers Nationwide raids roust distributors of bootleg "Star Wars" film.
InternetNews September 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Another Sith Pirate Meets Force of Law Third member of Elite Torrents copyright theft ring pleads guilty to Star Wars movie theft.
PC World December 13, 2001 Todd R. Weiss	Feds Crack Software Piracy Rings Two-year probe targeted international groups illegally distributing software, games, and movies online...
InternetNews April 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Charge Five More in Warez Crackdown Five more individuals are facing criminal copyright charges as part of the Department of Justice's ongoing crackdown on warez dealers.
InternetNews May 14, 2007 Roy Mark	'Fastlink' Downs 50th Conspirator Feds continue law enforcement campaign targeting warez groups.
InternetNews July 28, 2005 Roy Mark	Warez Warriors Wrapped Up by Feds The Department of Justice's (DoJ) crackdown on large-scale piracy continued today with the indictments of eight individuals for criminal copyright infringement. The individuals were active in the online 'warez' scene.
InternetNews August 4, 2005 Roy Mark	Camcording Warez Dealer Bagged by Feds The Department of Justice announces its first arrests under a new law prohibiting recording movies in a theater.
InternetNews February 21, 2007 Roy Mark	Feds Finally Extradite Alleged Warez Kingpin Hew Raymond Griffiths, an alleged warez kingpin, appeared in a U.S. district court and was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement.
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Roy Mark	Public Knowledge Pans AG's Copyright Proposal Digital rights group Public Knowledge picks apart legislation that puts copyright theft in criminal code.
InternetNews May 22, 2006 Roy Mark	Warez Dealers Headed to Jail The Department of Justice tightened the noose around warez dealers Friday with the first sentencing of individuals for their Internet music piracy activities.
InternetNews January 27, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Charge 10 More in Warez Wars Federal authorities continued their national crackdown on warez dealers this week, charging 10 more individuals with violating the No Electronic Theft Act.
InternetNews April 1, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Endorses P2P Criminal Penalties Judiciary subcommittee passes legislation sanctioning prison time for suspects caught trading 1,000 or more copyrighted files online.
InternetNews May 17, 2004	Feds Launch P2P Child Porno Sweep Multi-agency probe results in arrests of individuals using file-sharing software to distribute images of child pornography.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Roy Mark	More Warez Dealers Head to Jail Operation FastLink, the two-year-old FBI undercover investigation targeting organized Internet piracy groups known as warez dealers, claimed two more pirates Wednesday.
InternetNews April 23, 2004 Roy Mark	DOJ Strikes at Global Online Piracy Coordinated international raids seek to dismantle syndicates distributing pirated material.
InternetNews March 9, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bag Warez Convictions Key leaders of Internet piracy rings face prison sentences of 5 to 10 years.
InternetNews October 17, 2006 Roy Mark	International Recording Industry Hits File Sharers Illegal peer-to-peer file sharers are facing more than 8,000 copyright infringement lawsuits in 17 countries, according to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
InternetNews November 4, 2004 Roy Mark	MPAA Targets Movie Downloaders The Motion Picture Association of America plans to begin filing copyright theft lawsuits Nov. 16 against users of peer-to-peer networks who illegally trade movies over the file-swapping networks.
InternetNews June 29, 2006 Roy Mark	Curtains For NYC 'Cammer' Movie Pirates Three-year investigation accuses 22 of camcording films and distributing the bootlegs over the Web.
InternetNews August 26, 2004 Roy Mark	DoJ Nabs 103 in Online Crime Sweep Ashcroft says summer-long campaign known as Operation Web Snare reveals increasing internationalization of online crime.
InternetNews October 21, 2005 Roy Mark	P2P Outfit in False Ad Pinch The Federal Trade Commission won a temporary court order earlier this week to rein in the advertising practices of an Internet operation claiming "file-sharing is 100 percent legal."
InternetNews October 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Feds Bust Massive Piracy Scheme A federal grand jury indicted three San Francisco-area men Wednesday for their involvement in what the music industry calls the largest illegal CD manufacturing seizure in the United States.
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Roy Mark	Attorney General Seeking Tougher IP Laws Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed new legislation today that would strengthen penalties for copyright infringement, expand intellectual property protection and add critical enforcement tools.
InternetNews September 29, 2004 Roy Mark	House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works.
InternetNews November 12, 2004 Roy Mark	Conservatives Aim to Sink Pirate Act American Conservative Union says Hollywood wants to use the DOJ as its private law firm to sue copyright infringers.
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Roy Mark	L.A. Cracks Internet Warez Ring In the first criminal Internet file-sharing case brought in California, a 34-year-old former Los Angeles resident pleaded guilty to single felony count of grand theft.
InternetNews May 10, 2005 Tim Gray	Teen Held For Allegedly Swiping Code Reports say stolen Cisco source code was used to infiltrate military computers.
InternetNews June 21, 2006 Roy Mark	Pirates Still Sailing By IP Protection Efforts The United States continues to flex its powerful legal muscle when it comes to intellectual property protection but even the government admits the results have been mixed.
InternetNews July 6, 2004 Roy Mark	P2P Bill Induces Tech Group to Action Companies push for new hearing on legislation that targets P2P networks and others for 'inducing' copyright infringement.
InternetNews June 6, 2007 Roy Mark	Lawmakers Examine Tech Solutions to Illegal File Sharing Congress today turned its attention - again -- to illegal peer-to-peer file sharing on college campuses.
CIO April 15, 2003 Sarah D. Scalet	The Pirates Among Us The entertainment industry is battling the illegal distribution of copyrighted music and movie files -- and will stop at nothing to enlist your help.
InternetNews December 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Grokster Ruling Slows Illegal Downloading Six months after the Supreme Court ruled that P2P developers are legally responsible for the illegal acts of their users, illegal music sharing has dropped 11 percent.
Information Today December 31, 2007 George H. Pike	Congress Proposes to Enhance IP Enforcement and Penalties The Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO-IP) Act, H.R. 4279, proposes a number of steps to strengthen the enforcement of copyright, trademark, and patent laws and to increase criminal and civil penalties for copyright infringement.
InternetNews June 27, 2005 Roy Mark	High Court Rules Against P2P The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that peer-to-peer technology developers are legally responsible for the illegal acts of their users.
InternetNews October 8, 2009	FBI Holds Its Own Phish Phry Fed crackdown nets the largest number of defendants ever charged in a cyber crime scam.
InternetNews September 11, 2006 Ed Sutherland	Software Pirate Fined, Going to Jail A California man was sentenced to 87 months, or more than seven years, in prison and ordered to repay $5.4 million in what federal prosecutors called the largest U.S. software piracy operation.
InternetNews September 8, 2004 Roy Mark	House Panel Gets Tough on Spyware, P2P Piracy Judiciary Committee wants to slam prison door on peer-to-peer music swappers, spyware purveyors.
InternetNews August 25, 2006 Roy Mark	Man Pays For Piracy With Jail Time In addition to jail time, Danny Ferrer faces $4.1M in restitution and forfeiture of a fleet of planes, boats and really nice cars for selling pirated software.
InternetNews June 16, 2006 Roy Mark	High Flying Software Pirate Grounded Illegal software dealer pleads guilty and agrees to forfeit airplanes, cars and boats.
PC World October 2004 Michael Desmond	Sneaky Sharing Despite well-publicized wins by piracy foes, illegal digital music and movie trading continues to flourish in underground havens.
InternetNews June 28, 2005 Roy Mark	A Supreme Chill For P2P Technology? P2P supporters say the Supreme Court decision leads to a new era of extensive and expensive litigation.
InternetNews October 13, 2006 Roy Mark	Feds Bust Craigslist Software Pirates Three alleged software pirates face criminal copyright infringement charges for selling illegal copies of popular software titles on Craigslist.
PC Magazine November 16, 2005 Nicole Price Fasig	Film Fracas The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is getting more serious about Internet trading of copyrighted films.
InternetNews May 15, 2007 Roy Mark	More Jail Time For Copyright Crooks? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent legislation to Capitol Hill Monday that would increase jail time for repeat offenders of copyright laws.
InternetNews August 25, 2004 Roy Mark	RIAA Steps Up P2P Legal Campaign Undaunted by a landmark legal decision, the Recording Industry Association of America increases pressure on individual file swappers.
InternetNews November 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Grokster Settles Up, Closes Down P2P pioneer Grokster closes its site as part of settlement following landmark Supreme Court decision.
InternetNews March 30, 2007 Roy Mark	Congress Flunks P2P Test Lawmakers consider throwing millions at a problem it can't solve: illegal peer-to-peer file sharing.