The scum who run these sites are making enough money to resort to violence to stop others from cutting into their business, while the people who made the films and music are getting nothing. This is what the public supports.http://www.businessinsider.com/germany-police-stopping-gang-war-between-torrent-sites-2014-10
James Cook
Oct. 31, 2014
The police in Germany have issued an international arrest warrant for two brothers who are accused of carrying out a series of violent crimes as part of an online turf war between rival file-sharing websites.
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Police In Germany Are Trying To Stop Armed Warfare Between Rival File-Sharing Gangs
James Cook
Oct. 31, 2014, 7:24 AM
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The police in Germany have issued an international arrest warrant for two brothers who are accused of carrying out a series of violent crimes as part of an online turf war between rival file-sharing websites.
TorrentFreak reports that the German police have started an international public manhunt to try to find Kastriot Selimi, 25, and his brother Kreshnik, who is 22.
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The Selimi brothers are accused of running a copyright-infringing file-sharing empire that reportedly spans more than 30 different torrent sites. People use the sites to watch movies for free. The largest site run by the pair, kinox.to, was one of the 50 most-visited websites in Germany.
It is not unusual for the police to crack down on people who run file-sharing websites. However, as well as running torrent sites, German police have accused the brothers of carrying out crimes including armed robbery, arson, predatory blackmail, extortion, tax evasion, and copyright infringement.
The German prosecutor's office warned that the brothers often resorted to violence to scare off rival file-sharing websites. "Sometimes even a car bursts into flames," a spokesman said. The police have warned the public that the pair are violent and may be carrying firearms.
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