<s>
Apocalypse	B-Application
Production	I-Application
Crew	I-Application
(	O
styled	O
as	O
aPOCALYPSE	B-Application
pRODUCTION	I-Application
cREW	I-Application
or	O
aPC	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
MP3	B-Application
warez	B-Application
organization	O
founded	O
by	O
two	O
individuals	O
known	O
under	O
the	O
pseudonyms	O
acid^rain	O
and	O
Viper	O
in	O
May	O
1997	O
.	O
aPC	O
operated	O
well	O
into	O
the	O
mid-2000s	O
and	O
was	O
subject	O
to	O
raid	O
during	O
Operation	O
Fastlinka	O
coordination	O
of	O
four	O
separate	O
simultaneous	O
undercover	O
investigations	O
by	O
the	O
FBI	O
,	O
the	O
FBI	O
Cyber	B-General_Concept
Division	O
,	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
,	O
the	O
Computer	O
Crimes	O
and	O
Intellectual	O
Property	O
Section	O
(	O
CCIPS	O
)	O
of	O
the	O
Criminal	O
Division	O
and	O
Interpol	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
aPC	O
was	O
known	O
to	O
many	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
organized	O
group	O
to	O
put	O
mp3s	B-Application
onto	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
21	O
,	O
2003	O
,	O
Mark	O
Shumaker	O
(	O
known	O
by	O
the	O
pseudonym	O
markalso	O
)	O
,	O
pleaded	O
guilty	O
to	O
violating	O
copyright	O
laws	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
federal	O
criminal	O
prosecution	O
of	O
someone	O
who	O
specialized	O
in	O
music	O
piracy	O
after	O
having	O
been	O
raided	O
in	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
No	O
members	O
of	O
aPC	O
were	O
raided	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
