6个丹麦PT管理被丹麦警方逮捕！

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Law enforcement officers in Denmark have arrested six people on suspicion of being involved with defunct Danish torrent tracker Asgaard. The suspects have been charged with copyright infringement offenses. There have now been seven arrests in the case which is part of a broader crackdown on torrent sites. Several release groups, meanwhile, are now reconsidering their future.

Over the past several months, Danish law enforcement authorities effectively shut down the thriving local torrent tracker scene.

It started in September and October 2020 when DanishBits and NordicBits went offline after their alleged operators were caught.

The shutdown of these sites was a major blow to the local piracy ecosystem but it didn’t take long before other sites stepped up. Both Asgaard and ShareUniversity opened their doors to new members, resulting in an explosive growth of these sites.

The difference in this instance, however, was that the enforcement authorities kept up the pressure. Helped by local anti-piracy group Rights Alliance, the Government’s SØIK’s IP-Task Force swiftly put a target on these growing sites.

A few weeks later, both Asgaard and ShareUniversity were offline as well. Not just that, Asgaard itself found itself in the middle of a new investigation, something the site’s operators already feared.

In December the tracker’s staff announced that the site would shut down voluntarily. This announcement came after the Rights Alliance warned that, if the site continued, it would suffer the same fate as DanishBits and NordicBits.

“The thought of having to risk the doorbell ringing one day for a visit from the police overshadows the coziness of running this project. We will not expose you to that. Or ourselves. We have therefore chosen to close the ASGAARD project,” Asgaard’s staff concluded.

This fear turned out to be prophetic. A few days after the planned shutdown was announced, police arrested a 50-year-old man from Middelfart. The man, who was allegedly part of the tracker’s staff, spent Christmas and New Year in prison. And that wasn’t the end of it.

SØIK continued its investigation and late last week announced that six more people have been arrested under suspicion of being involved with the Asgaard torrent tracker. The six, who are between the ages of 34 and 53, are described as ‘ringleaders’ of the torrent site.

All seven suspects are charged with serious copyright offenses but have been released while the investigation continues. They face potential prison sentences for their alleged involvement.

Michael Lichtenstein, Deputy Director of SØIK’s special IPR group, is pleased with the work of his team and sends a stark warning to people who are considering setting up a new torrent tracker.

“It is very satisfying that, on the basis of a very effective effort, we have arrested the people we believe are the responsible perpetrators so that we can hold them accountable,” Lichtenstein notes.

“We hope that with the arrests and imprisonment we have sent the clear signal to the Danish pirate users that SØIK’s special IPR unit is determined to target Danish services and hold both backers and users to account – no one is protected.”

The arrests are also a success for Rights Alliance, which reported Asgaard to the authorities last October. Maria Fredenslund, the anti-piracy group’s Director, stresses that long prison sentences await those who cross their path.

“The penalty for this type of crime is six years in prison, and the IP task force in SØIK has shown with the latest action against the Asgaard backers that no one can feel safe. They are extremely well equipped to investigate and respond quickly and effectively to this type of case,” she says.

Rights Alliance previously declared victory in its war on local torrent sites and noticed that the recent efforts have affected the broader supply chain as well. For example, the release group “Xor06” reportedly threw in the towel and the same applies to “QUARK.”

“We’re closing and shutting down QUARK now.. this is getting too close,” the group wrote on another Nordic torrent tracker just a few days ago.

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丹麦执法人员逮捕了6人，罪名是涉嫌参与已失效的丹麦洪流追踪器Asgaard。嫌疑人已被指控犯有侵犯版权罪。目前，此案已被逮捕七次，这是对洪流站点进行更广泛镇压的一部分。同时，几个发行组现在正在重新考虑他们的未来。

在过去的几个月中，丹麦执法当局有效地关闭了繁荣的本地torrent跟踪器场景。

它始于2020年9月和2020年10月，当时DanishBits和NordicBits被指控运营商被捕后下线。

这些站点的关闭对当地的盗版生态系统造成了沉重打击，但不久之后其他站点也开始加强。 Asgaard和ShareUniversity都向新成员敞开大门，导致这些站点的爆炸性增长。

但是，在这种情况下，不同之处在于，执法机构不断施加压力。在当地反盗版组织版权联盟的帮助下，政府的SØIK知识产权工作组迅速将目标定为这些不断发展的网站。

几周后，Asgaard和ShareUniversity也都离线。不仅如此，阿斯加德（Asgaard）本身还处于新的调查中间，这是该网站的运营商已经担心的事情。

跟踪器的工作人员在12月宣布该站点将自动关闭。这项声明是在人权联盟警告说，如果该网站继续下去，它将遭受与DanishBits和NordicBits相同的命运。

“必须冒着门铃响起一天才能被警察拜访的念头，掩盖了运行该项目的舒适性。我们不会向您展示这一点。还是我们自己。因此，我们选择了关闭ASGAARD项目，” Asgaard的工作人员总结说。

这种恐惧原来是预言的。宣布计划关闭的几天后，警方逮捕了一名来自Middelfart的50岁男子。据称这名男子是追踪器人员的一部分，他在圣诞节和新年期间在监狱中度过。但这还没有结束。

SØIK继续调查，上周下旬宣布，又有6人因涉嫌与Asgaard洪流追踪器有关而被捕。这六位年龄在34至53岁之间的人被称为洪流网站的“领头羊”。

所有七名嫌疑人均被指控犯有严重的版权罪，但在调查继续期间已被释放。他们因涉嫌参与而面临潜在的监禁。

SØIK知识产权特别小组的副主任Michael Lichtenstein对他的团队的工作感到满意，并向正在考虑建立新的洪流跟踪器的人们发出严厉的警告。

利希滕斯坦说：“在非常有效的努力基础上，我们逮捕了我们认为是肇事者的人，以便我们追究他们的责任，这令人感到满意。”

“我们希望通过逮捕和监禁，我们已经向丹麦海盗用户发出了明确的信号，即SØIK的特殊IPR部门决心以丹麦服务为目标，并追究支持者和用户的责任-没有人受到保护。”

逮捕行动也是维权联盟的成功之举。维权联盟去年10月向当局报告了阿斯加德。反盗版组织的负责人玛丽亚·弗雷登斯隆德（Maria Fredenslund）强调，越狱者将面临长期监禁。

“此类犯罪的刑罚是入狱六年，SØIK的知识产权工作队已经对阿斯加德支持者采取了最新行动，没人能感到安全。他们非常有能力调查和快速有效地应对此类案件。”她说。

人权联盟先前宣布在当地洪流站点的战争中获胜，并注意到最近的努力也影响了更广泛的供应链。例如，据报道，释放组“ Xor06”被扔进了毛巾，“ QUARK”也是如此。

该小组几天前在另一台北欧洪流追踪器上写道：“我们现在正在关闭和关闭QUARK。这太接近了。”