FBI Raids Former tFS Member's Home

[holaloha]

He was just a poor but dedicated fashionista.

hahahah. thats hilarious.
the whole situation is sad. he shouldve known what he was dealing with. Im surprised he doesnt have to pay more...

 

[sethii]

Only $12,500?

 

[TheGlassAngel]

Oh I remember him, he was really great with the HQs during Fashion Week!

 

[RedAzalie]

what a nice scandal here - it is refreshing to know that we have our wikileaks here XD
oh i feel little, just a little but still, for this guy. Of course he knows what he was doing but hey - not so smart ppl are everywhere XD

 

[cestmagique]

Only $12,500?

I don't see why I should be more, actually. It's not like he had some big enterprise going and was rolling around in a pile of money when the Feds walked in.

 

[sethii]

^ I was responding to this post #32 Should have used the quote button

 

[tarsha]

I guess they really meant he had a lot of posts (and I'm sure that's true) ... but yeah, we don't have that here.

Actually he hadn't, I remember that member and his blog (fashionzag.blogspot.com) I can't remember his name but he had few posts, he registered there and posted that covers, he had very little amount of posts.

 

[*Bianca*]

he had about 1000 i think

 

[fashionista-ta]

1807, to be exact.

 

[tarsha]

^ Well, I remember badly than

 

[loonaka]

why doesn't it shock me that this all happened in the states?

 

[Echoes]

Only $12,500?

I don't see why I should be more, actually. It's not like he had some big enterprise going and was rolling around in a pile of money when the Feds walked in.

That's a pretty small amount for hacking into a corporate computer system, stealing commercial images and posting them publicly prior to their official release.

Compare that to the hundreds of thousands of dollars the RIAA sues for if they can identify people that downloaded a few songs.

 

[cologne_rocks]

Those punitive damages are tailored to the criminals' earnings, i think.

 

[tigerrouge]

From what I remember reading, a lot of those people were ordinary fans, and the aim was to make an example of them, in an attempt to deter other casual downloaders. It's certainly easier to pick on such individuals than it is to trace and extract money from professional criminals.

 

[cestmagique]

That's a pretty small amount for hacking into a corporate computer system, stealing commercial images and posting them publicly prior to their official release.

It sounds worse than it is, IMO. Dude was just a fan of fashion. I really can't figure that he did much damage financially to CN-- otherwise there would be a bigger fine. It just sounds so blown out of proportion. The only notable thing is that such a huge company was affected.

 

[StoneSkipper]

To be honest, I am concerned about the FBI, instead of arresting serial killers, terrorists and bank robbers, arrests someone who leaked fashion pictures online, while the real criminals commit their crimes. It's pathetic, to a point where it becomes almost funny.

 

[Echoes]

I really can't figure that he did much damage financially to CN-- otherwise there would be a bigger fine.

None of the music downloaders did any real financial harm to the music companies either. This guy basically stole confidential corporate files that were not intended for the public eye (yet). He's lucky he's not facing Federal charges and possible prison time.

Like somebody else said, I always wondered where people got some of the images they post here and if they have the legal right to do so.

 

[cestmagique]

^But it's like tigerrouge said, the point was to isolate a few people and prosecute them as an example. They came right out and said that. There are millions of regular people that download music illegally that would make easy targets for prosecution, but the wave of those cases actuallly coming to court is over because the whole 'example' thing didn't deter people from downloading.

Anyway, seriously, I'd be rolling my eyes for about a month if this kid went to jail for taking some HQ's. Apart from Conde Nast, who freakin' cares? Is this really a societal problem that he needs to be locked up for? But this is a company with a lot of money that didn't like what they saw happening, naturally, so they nabbed him. A fine is surely enough, esp. since he isn't likely to do it again (he's 'over' fashion remember? ).

 

[á la Balenciaga]

I hope he was wearing undies at the time, cuz sumtimes those FBI b*tches don't knock.

LMAO..
wow, that sucks.
TFS is strictly "gangsta"

r0b0tj0n3z should start posting here on TFS again.

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ He's over us, remember ... and who can blame him