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CLASS ( CLS ) was a ___MASK65___ that existed between January 1 , 1997 and January 9 , 2004 . The group was the target of federal raids such as ___MASK39___ Fastlink . A ___MASK3___ generator ( ___MASK3___ - gen ) is a ___MASK48___ that generates a product licensing ___MASK3___ , such as a serial number , necessary to activate for use a ___MASK21___ application . Keygens ___MASK62___ be legitimately distributed by ___MASK21___ manufacturers for licensing ___MASK21___ in commercial environments where ___MASK21___ has been licensed in bulk for an entire site or enterprise , or they ___MASK62___ be distributed illegitimately in circumstances of copyright infringement or ___MASK21___ piracy . Illegitimate ___MASK3___ generators are typically distributed by ___MASK21___ crackers in the warez scene and demoscene . These keygens often ___MASK49___ chiptunes in the background and have artistic user interfaces . ___MASK39___ Buccaneer is an " ongoing international copyright piracy investigation and ___MASK70___ " undertaken by the United States ___MASK13___ . A ___MASK65___ is a tightly organised group of ___MASK98___ involved in creating and / or distributing warez such as movies , music or ___MASK21___ (" warez ") in The Scene . There are different types of these groups in the Scene : " release groups " and " courier groups ". Groups often compete , as being the first to bring out a new quality release can bring status and respect - a type of " vanity contest ". The warez groups care about the image others have of them . The primary motivation of warez groups is not monetary gain , but the excitement of breaking rules and beating competitors . Although at least two Scene groups have been asking for bitcoin donations , PoWeRUp and spamTV . Individual members of these groups are usually also the authors of cracks and keygens . ___MASK39___ D - Elite was an ___MASK39___ by agents of the FBI and U . S . Bureau of Immigration and ___MASK90___ Enforcement against leading members of EliteTorrents , a ___MASK87___ ___MASK8___ site , resulting in five months of ___MASK91___ , five months of home arrest , and a $ 3 , 000 fine against Grant T . Stanley on October 17 , 2006 . Another administrator of the site , Scott McCausland , received the same sentence on ___MASK29___ 19 , 2006 . ___MASK39___ Site Down is the umbrella name for a ___MASK71___ enforcement initiative conducted by the FBI and ___MASK71___ enforcement agents from ___MASK100___ other countries which resulted in a raid on targets on June 29 , 2005 . Three separate undercover investigations were involved , based in Chicago ( ___MASK39___ Jolly Roger ), Charlotte and San Jose ( ___MASK39___ Copycat ). The raid consisted of approximately 70 searches in the United States and approximately 20 others in ___MASK100___ other countries in an effort to disrupt and dismantle many of the leading warez groups which distribute and trade in copyrighted ___MASK21___ , movies , music and games on the Internet . Warez is a common computing and broader cultural ___MASK44___ referring to pirated ___MASK21___ ( i . e . illegally copied , often after deactivation of anti - piracy measures ) that is distributed via the Internet . Warez is used most commonly as a noun , a plural form of " ware " ( short for computer ___MASK21___ ), and is intended to be pronounced like the word wares , . The circumvention of copy protection ( cracking ) is an essential step in generating warez , and based on this common mechanism , the ___MASK21___ - focused definition has been extended to include other copyright - protected materials , including movies and games . The global array of warez groups has been referred to as " The Scene ," deriving from its earlier description as " the warez scene ." Distribution and trade of copyrighted works without payment of fees or royalties generally violates national and international copyright laws and agreements . The ___MASK44___ warez covers supported as well as unsupported ( abandonware ) items , and legal prohibitions governing creation and distribution of warez cover both ___MASK97___ - driven and " enthusiast " generators and distributors of such items . The Federal Bureau of Investigation , or FBI , is the domestic intelligence and ___MASK58___ service of the United States , which simultaneously serves as the nation ' s prime federal law enforcement agency . Operating under the jurisdiction of the U . S . Department of Justice , the FBI is concurrently a member of the U . S . Intelligence Community and reports to both the Attorney General and the Director of National Intelligence . A leading U . S . counterterrorism , counterintelligence , and criminal investigative ___MASK79___ , the FBI has jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of federal crimes . The International ___MASK99___ Police ___MASK79___ , ICPO or INTERPOL , is an intergovernmental ___MASK79___ facilitating international police cooperation . It was established as the International ___MASK99___ Police Commission ( ICPC ) in 1923 ; it chose INTERPOL as its telegraphic address in 1946 , and made it its ___MASK20___ in 1956 . ___MASK39___ FastLink is a coordination of four separate , simultaneous undercover investigations by the FBI , the FBI Cyber Division , the U . S . ___MASK78___ of Justice , the Computer Crimes and Intellectual ___MASK16___ Section ( CCIPS ) of the Criminal Division and Interpol . The four different investigations have not been publicly enumerated , but the U . S . ___MASK78___ of Justice has said in at least one press release that " ___MASK39___ Higher Education " is the largest component , with participation from twelve nations . Mention has also been made of an investigation into pre - release music groups led by FBI agents from the Washington Field Office . As of March 6 , 2009 , the Federal Bureau of Investigation states that ___MASK39___ FastLink has yielded 60 convictions . The raids occurred in similar fashion to those from ___MASK39___ Buccaneer and ___MASK39___ Site Down . Other somewhat - related law enforcement actions include ___MASK39___ Gridlock and ___MASK39___ D - Elite . ___MASK86___ ___MASK21___ , or simply ___MASK21___ , is that part of a computer system that consists of encoded information or computer instructions , in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built .