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Operation Buccaneer is an "ongoing international copyright piracy investigation and prosecution" undertaken by the United States federal government.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Operation Buccaneer: Overview )〕 An undercover operation began in October 2000.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Operation Buccaneer: The Investigation )〕 On December 11, 2001, law enforcement agents in six countries targeted 62 people suspected of software piracy, with leads in twenty other countries. U.S. law enforcement agents, led by the United States Customs Service, raided computers in the economics department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of California, Los Angeles, an "off-campus location" of the University of Oregon, and dorm rooms at Duke University and Purdue University. Information obtained led to a subsequent raid at the Rochester Institute of Technology, described by "warez gadfly 'ttol'" as one of "the two major hubs for communications between pirate groups" (along with the University of Twente). However, the universities themselves were not considered targets of the criminal investigation. Several software companies were also raided.〔 "The Customs Service said it had singled out DrinkOrDie because it was considered one of most sophisticated of the rings operating within a loose, global network."〔 The DrinkOrDie site, where software could be downloaded for free, was shut down the following day.〔 However, Farhad Manjoo wrote in a ''Wired'' magazine article that others were puzzled why the group was targeted; Manjoo characterized them as "small potatoes in the world of software theft", while an anonymous Australian pirate was quoted as saying, "they aren't the first to come to mind when you think to yourself 'whose (sic) the big deal in the scene?'" Around 70〔 search warrants were served and 150〔 computers were seized for analysis. Raids were also conducted in Canada, Britain, Australia, Finland, Norway and Sweden.〔 Other groups investigated in the operation were warez groups such as RiSC, RAZOR1911, RequestToSend (RTS), ShadowRealm (SRM), WeLoveWarez (WLW) and POPZ.〔〔 Related law enforcement actions include: Operation Fastlink, Operation Gridlock, Operation D-Elite and Operation Site Down. == Quotations == :"This investigation underscores the severity and scope of a multibillion-dollar software swindle over the Internet, as well as the vulnerabilities of this technology to outside attack." ::— Robert C. Bonner, commissioner of the Customs Service :"Our targets are not your stereotypical teenage hacker." ::— Customs assistant commissioner John Varrone :"This is not a sport. This is a serious crime. These people should do some hard time." ::— Commerce undersecretary Phil Bond :"Software piracy undermines the stability of the burgeoning e-commerce industry and it is a direct threat to innovative companies that help strengthen the U.S. economy." ::— Deputy U.S. Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam :"This investigation only assist the multibillion-dollar companies to swindle you, the avid consumer, as well as the vulnerable people that deem information should be free, sure we would like people to buy the games they test play, but it doesn't happen because people have to pay #$ a gallon for gas and shit. Technology is to be used for the good of all, not some fat ass company man who doesn't know the first thing from a rar to a iso...... Gravy is awful good." ::— buj, Member of razor 1911 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Buccaneer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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