Suppressed Report Found Busted Pirate Site Users Were Good Consumers <http://torrentfreak.com/suppressed-report-found-busted-pirate-site-users-wer...> enigmax, 19/07/2011 In June, police across several countries raided the operators of streaming video links portal Kino.to. This massive operation was one of the largest of its type and site admins and users alike were branded as enemies of the TV and movie business. However, it now appears that in respect of the latter group, the opposite was found to be true. The June raids <http://torrentfreak.com/kino-to-raided-in-massive-police-operation-admins-ar...> against Kino.to, which involved as many as 250 police and other authorities, dwarfed even the 2006 raids against The Pirate Bay. Following the event the Kino.to site displayed notices which stated that the site had been "closed on suspicion of forming a criminal organization to commit professional copyright infringement." While noting that several operators of the site had been arrested, it also criticized the site's users. "Internet users who illegally pirated or distributed copies of films may be subjected to a criminal prosecution," read the warning. But were the site's users all criminals hell-bent on destroying the movie industry? According to a report from Telepolis <http://www.heise.de/tp/blogs/6/150152>, a recent study found the reverse was true. [...] Continua qui: http://torrentfreak.com/suppressed-report-found-busted-pirate-site-users-wer...