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Defacto 2 / Sodom
 
News hound
 
How do you think the US government's actions concerning piracy will change over the next year?
I think it will be the software companies that will hunt down the offenders and then they will give all their information gained to the police. The police will take over from there for the arrest and prosecution.
 
Who will be the first to be convicted under the new laws and how will this group of people react?
It will be the people who store and give access to the warez who will bebusted at first rather then the couriers etc. The more public the site, page, channel, etc. is the more likely it will be targeted.
 
What effect will these convictions have on the rest of the scene?
The scene, especially in the USA will go very secretive. Only after some major busts though, places like #exceed maybe a thing of the past. Then again, maybe not.
 
How is the warez scene going to be different a year from now because of the NET act?
The scene is constantly changing so it's hard to say. Maybe the scene will go back to its underground roots, maybe the NET act may have literally no effect at all.
 
Will there be any positive effects on the scene?
Hopefully there will be less lamers, but I doubt it :)
 
How will the NET act effect you personally
Not very much at all, as all my operations have very little to do with the USA.
 
What advice would you give to people in the warez scene about the NET act?
To the people in the US, tough luck. But I doubt the NET act will effect suppliers so us non-us people don't have as much to worry about. Name me an incident where a US law has been used as a president for an European or a Pacific country?