Authorities Order BitTorrent Pirate to Move from Ubuntu Linux to Windows
section: windows, for your questions: KezNews forum, 25.8.2007
Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversScott McCausland, aka sk0t has seen better times, but as it appears, he is all out of luck lately. For McCausland it all went downhill with an illegal download of Star Wars: Episode III over a peer-to-peer file sharing network.
The man was apprehended following the download of Star Wars and pleaded guilty to all counts brought against him, namely conspiracy to commit copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. He was convicted and had to server five months in prison, and now he is out on probation. But his troubles with the authorities are far from over. The latest twist mocking McCausland is a court order forcing him to move from the Ubuntu 7.04 distribution of Linux to Windows.
"So, I am getting shafted by the Justice Department again... Here goes: I had a meeting with my probation officer today, and he told me that he has to install monitoring software onto my PC. No big deal to me, that is part of my sentence. However, their software doesn't support GNU/Linux (Which is what I use). So, he told me that if I want to use a computer, I would have to use an OS that the software can be installed on. Which basically means: MICROSOFT AND MONITORING SOFTWARE or NO COMPUTER. I use Ubuntu 7.04 now, and they are trying to force me to switch. First they give me 2 felonies, then they throw me in prison, and now this..." McCausland stated on his blog.
Back in 2005, the FBI shut down the Elitetorrents website. The torrent trackers had posted a copy of the latest Star Wars at that time before the movie was available in cinema. Following the torrent tracker's shut down, the authorities went after a number of users. McCausland was the first to be sentenced because of his association with the site. Sk0t explained that he means in no way to go against the sentence that was brought against him.
"I AM NOT INTERESTED IN SUBVERTING THE RESTRICTIONS AGAINST ME. I AM NOT A CODER, I AM NOT A l337 LINUX GURU, and I am not interested in going back to jail. I just think that it is totally ridiculous to force me to purchase an OS because they can't support it. The terms of my plea state: "I consent to period checks of my PC by my PO and/or the installation of software to monitor my Internet activity." I am CONSENTING TO ALL OF IT, but it just so happens that the OS I use might not be supported by the software they use to monitor. So I do not feel (neither does my lawyer) that the government can force me to switch OSes. I am obligated to use a computer (Internet also) for school, and Windows is not necessary."
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Comments(15)
get a windows !
linex sux
for hackers and nerds
i dunno...windows or prison...hmmmm,tuff choice!
i'd go to prison,but only if it
was a women's prison,full of hotties...hehehe!
just buy win98 and thats it,in a few
months you can rubb it with a lot of vaseline,and shove it on the feds ass!! lol stay
cool,and if it means something,we're with ya buddy! stick it to the man!
usually the courts completely ban computer use. this guy is lucky to keep any rights at
all. running windows like 96% of the world is hardly anything.
of course, some
folks think he should get a medal for liberating a movie....
so let them monitor you rwindows nbased system. as long as they are not monitoring your
entire isp or netowrk just use another system to play.
i agree with the guy that $uckjests anyone have a win 3.1 or win 95 lets see if their
shit will run on windows! ???
i am not for illegal stuff but i sure get tired of big
brother being a bully... they need their ass kicked until their nose bleeds! yah we are
back in the ussr a!
he's lucky they're letting him near a computer in the first place!
use windows, get a monitoring software, tell the software to monitor the feds monitoring
software as an spyware....hehehe...police the police...heehehehehehehe....or send me a
copy i will help u out lol. poor man
sorry, but to me this just proves linux is a better os system. can't be hacked as easy.
go linux
to put such restrictive software on linux works against the morals of gnu freedom for
users.
sorry scott, but you have been bad and sentenced to windows. for your sake, i
hope the term imposed is not too long.
dual boot, those asshats probably won't know you are doing it anyway and you can still
use ubuntu without their monitoring you.
install windows and run a vm with linux.
do not hear them ! stick to linux..
it's a conspiracy to buy microsoft product !!!
don't go to prison again,not over an os.
if u puti on all your ports open, even i u are on linux, u can be tracked in tha net
thank god that he doesn't have you guys to listen to. he's be in the slammer faster
than a n00b can bash vista.
"yeah rebel! anarchy, damn the man! i live in my
parents' basement and live off their food! screw microsoft! wah wah wah"
:p
seriously, if they tried to make him move from mac to windows or vica versa, you'd all be
argueing with eachother twice as much.
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errr linux sux
By Xp rocks on 25.08.2007 - 15:08