French police close down popular piracy website...

Police have closed down one of France's most popular websites for downloading pirated content and arrested three men who ran it, an officer said Saturday.

Liberty Land, set up in September 2009, was one of the most frequented sites in France, claiming 800,000 users accessing and sharing pirated music, films and software.

Jean-Philippe Vidal, chief of the Rennes gendarmerie leading the probe, said three men aged between 25 and 30 were arrested in Marseille, near Le Havre and in the Paris suburb of Montreuil and charged with organised counterfeiting. More...

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