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Feds target online exchange of copyrighted materials

Thursday, June 30, 2005 | 11:04 a.m.

WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department announced today an 11-nation crackdown on large-scale Internet pirates who illegally distribute first-run movies, video games and other copyrighted materials.

FBI agents and investigators in the other nations conducted 90 searches starting Wednesday, arresting four people and shutting down at least eight major online distribution servers for pirated works, a Justice official said. Authorities also seized hundreds of computers in raids in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, the Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales planned a news conference this afternoon to announce the arrests and other measures that law enforcement officials are taking as part of Operation Site Down.

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