Sarah Flounders with the International Action Center told RT News that the Brooklyn Bridge arrests were a "police attack" and that protestors were using the bridge to walk home.
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Things got rough during the "Occupy Wall Street" protests in New York Saturday. In this amateur video, police officers are seen wrestling one man to the ground and then spraying a substance from a black canister into the faces of female protesters even though they are clearly seen to be behind police barricades at the time.
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According to early reports, police have seized £83,000 and computer equipment following a raid in Londonderry, Ireland.
A 26-year old man was arrested Wednesday following an investigation into Internet piracy by the Hollywood-funded Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT).
The man has been released on bail pending enquiries.
No other information has been released at this stage.
Update: Fastpasstv Shuts Down After U.K. Arrest
Source: Police Seize £83,000 in Internet Piracy Raid
The Aussie police are clearly not setting the right example when it comes to copyright infringement.
In 2008 computers of the South Australian police force’s IT branch were found to contain hundreds of pirated movies, and now it appears they pirate software as well.
It is doubtful, however, that any arrests will be made.
The Australian reports:
“The primary claim in the breach of copyright civil suit is against NSW Police, which Micro Focus claims, copied its software and handed it out to third party agencies without its approval.’
‘It had licences to install ViewNow on up to 6500 computers across its organisation but Micro Focus claims that 16,000 copies in total were in use.’
‘According to the statement of claim file by Micro Focus, NSW Police is accused of making and distributing unauthorised copies of ViewNow, which is used to access the computerised operations policing system application, dubbed COPS.’
Micro Focus calls for a thorough investigation to determine the extent of their losses, so they can file for damages.
Source: Australian Police Are Caught Pirating Again
