
PWA was unstoppable; wave after wave of releases flowed into the scene,
all carrying the “Tude” trademark of Pirates with Attitudes.
Eventually, this was the group’s downfall.
“CHICAGO – Seventeen defendants from across the United States
and Europe were indicted by a federal grand jury today for
allegedly conspiring to infringe the copyright of more than 5,000
computer software programs that were available through a
hidden Internet site that was located at a university in Quebec,
Canada, the Justice Department announced. Twelve of the defen-
dants, including an Aurora, Ill., man, allegedly were members or
leaders of an international organization of software ...