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heavyset_goyesterday at 10:46 AM2 repliesview on HN

I remember in the 90s and 2000s, the FBI would go after homeless people selling bootleg VHS and DVDs on the street lol


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ReptileManyesterday at 11:24 AM

Since the creation of the USA the only real crime a person could do was being poor.

sigwinchyesterday at 11:37 AM

ICE played an important role in those cases with long supply chains. Seems quaint now, but I think we should acknowledge any criminal who does not participate in a child abuse ring. Those counterfeit DVDs were not illegal content, just illegal storefronts. If today’s ICE or FBI uncovered such a ring, who would they call first?