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posted by CoolHand on Monday April 27 2015, @07:35AM   Printer-friendly
from the smile-you're-on-candid-camera dept.

TorrentFreak has uncovered a "top-secret" presentation made by the Federation Against Copyright Theft and sent to Sony Pictures. "The document reveals suspects being filmed in cinemas, tracked using Facebook friends, and their connections to release groups mapped in intriguing diagrams."

FACT goes on to give Sony several examples of situations in which it has been involved in information exercises sharing with the authorities. The exact details aren't provided, but somewhat surprisingly FACT says they include murder, kidnap and large-scale missing persons investigations.

But perhaps of most interest are the details of how the group pursues those who illegally "cam" and then distribute movies online. The presentation focuses on the "proven" leak of five movies in 2010, the total from UK cinemas for that year.

[...] Considering the depth and presentation of the above investigations it will come as no surprise to most that many FACT investigators are former police officers. For the curious, the full document can be found here on Wikileaks.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday April 28 2015, @12:24AM

    by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Tuesday April 28 2015, @12:24AM (#175906)

    Some people have a really hard time with the concept of emergent effects

    No, it's just that our system is set up to violate people's rights to such an extent that it is unreasonable to believe it's not malice at this point.

    If its malice, then there is a specific person or set of persons that you can deal with in simple straight-forward ways.

    Nope, because what may be causing them to become malicious is the fact that power corrupts, that these organizations have powers that they can easily abuse, and that already evil individuals tend to be hired by these organizations. So systematic change is needed either way.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:40AM (#175951)

    > No, it's just that our system is set up to violate people's rights to such an extent that it is unreasonable to believe it's not malice at this point.

    “We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behaviour.”

    • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:56AM

      by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Tuesday April 28 2015, @03:56AM (#175954)

      I just prefer to take into account the probability that these filthy scumbags aren't acting with malice. When I do, I realize that it is rather improbable that they aren't

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @04:33AM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 28 2015, @04:33AM (#175959)

        Circular reasoning.

        • (Score: 2) by Anal Pumpernickel on Tuesday April 28 2015, @05:11AM

          by Anal Pumpernickel (776) on Tuesday April 28 2015, @05:11AM (#175966)

          Saying that I like to take probability into account and then stating the conclusion I reach when I do is circular reasoning? You don't understand basic logic, it seems. Not presenting the specific evidence I take into account in a certain comment != circular reasoning.