2009-04-25 Pirate Bay case: Internet group attacks websites in "Operation Baylout"

2009-04-25  Wikinews \The Pirate Bay\war on the internet\internet/Anonymous\online activism wikinews:Pirate Bay case: Internet group attacks websites in "Operation Baylout" Pirate Bay case: Internet group attacks websites in "Operation Baylout" Pirate Bay case: Internet group attacks websites in "Operation Baylout"  Anonymous, the loosely defined online activist group most known for organizing mass protests against the Church of Scientology, has begun a campaign against the websites of entities associated with the prosecution in the Pirate Bay Trial, Wikinews has learned. Termed "Operation Baylout", the group claims that hundreds of volunteers are taking part in coordinated efforts to jam the websites of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and MAQS, a law firm working with the prosecution in the Pirate Bay case. As of Friday evening MAQS's website read "Our website is currently under attack and we have therefore decided to shut it down until the attack ceases." The group is also coordinating efforts to jam the fax lines of the MPAA's anti-piracy office and of prosecuting attorney Monique Wadsted. It would be very easy to use these attacks as an example of the need for more regulation of communications on the Internet, so it's odd that the opponents of free speech aren't vigorously denouncing it. &ldquo;Anonymous, the loosely defined online activist group most known for organizing mass protests against the Church of Scientology, has begun a campaign against the websites of entities associated with the prosecution in the Pirate Bay Trial...&rdquo;   