May 26, 2005

Federal agents raided the operators of Elite Torrents, a popular BitTorrent peer-to-peer tracker for pirated software, music, and movies. In addition to shutting down the functionality of the site, the agents modified the front page to serve as a warning to others. The raids were prompted by Elite Torrents' illegal distribution of the "Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith" movie.

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The CNET Article

The Wired.com Article

The ArsTechnica Article