October 25, 2005
First BitTorrent Conviction
This is not good news for BitTorrent pirates the world over. You know who you are!
A customs officer was browsing a BitTorrent movie newsgroup when he encountered "Big Crook", a Hong Kong user who uploaded the Hollywood film Daredevil to the site. Officer Chan Tsz-lai downloaded the movie and two others uploaded from the same IP address in January this year, leading to the world's first arrest involving BitTorrent technology. From there, the police raided the domicile of Big Crook, where three films were found on Mr. Nai-ming's computer: Daredevil, Red Planet, and Miss Congeniality.
