Cardsharing site closed

[mahrkpat]

Police in Denmark has closed down the cardsharing.dk website, for the first time confiscating the domain itself.
The website has long been a thorn in the side of local pay-TV operators Canal Digital and Viasat. The site had offered ‘pirate’ subscriptions to the platforms through so-called card sharing over the internet.
The public prosecutor for serious economic crime said this was the first time that police had taken over a domain in connection with a criminal case.
In order to carry it out it was necessary for the attorney general to ask a court for approval in transferring the domain.
The case came to the attention of the authorities following the intervention of the pan-Nordic anti-piracy organization STOP.
Separately, the Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Roth says the government there intends to introduce legislation making it illegal to watch pay-TV without paying the fee.
It intends to make devices for unpaid reception of pay-TV channels illegal.
Card sharing networks are already illegal in Sweden.

If other governments follow Sweden will they start targeting individuals as well as the servers?

[Satphoenix]

Re: Cardsharing site closed

The providers are watching the scene! CS is a thorn in their eye. They invested much money in the last years to lock up their ca-sysmtems and now with cardsharing and the internet it starts again. As long as it doesn't really harm them, they are only watching, but when it's raising to millions all over the world, the will start measures against. In germany they also broke down a cs-group a few month ago.

[microchick]

Re: Cardsharing site closed

Police in Denmark has closed down the cardsharing.dk website, for the first time confiscating the domain itself.

Card sharing networks are already illegal in Sweden.

If other governments follow Sweden will they start targeting individuals as well as the servers?

CS is always illegal in many countries incluging the UK. Some of the countries don't know about the idea and the servers can get away with them.
The Police in the Scandinavian countries are always a step ahead, It was discussed in another thread " Risk of CS".

When you buy any dreambox, VU or any other receiver Its always on their website that " We sell these boxes as FTA Receivers"

For more info please read this thread

http://www.satlover.eu/forum/satellite-discussion-english/1681-risks-of-cardsharing.html