kinto.to Offline Public prosecutors investigate
The Attorney General’s Dresden has today, Wednesday 08 June 2011, a concerted attack on the largest German-language film piracy portal kino.to “out. Under the direction of the integrated detection unit Saxony (INES) has been implemented police forces in Germany, Spain, France and the Netherlands raids in many residential and commercial spaces. In Germany alone, searched more than 250 police officers and tax inspectors as well as 17 different specialists nationwide at the same time more than 20 homes and business premises and data centers. 13 people were arrested. After a person is wanted. The police have the domain “kino.to” seized. Several so-called stream hoster, which are stored on the portals linked pirated copies were taken by authorities from the network. Cause of action is the “suspicion of criminal association for the commercial commit copyright infringement”, as the Attorney General notifies Dresden in their press release. Read more…