<s>
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
(	O
DoD	O
)	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
prestigious	O
underground	O
software	O
piracy	O
group	O
and	O
warez	B-Application
trading	O
network	O
during	O
the	O
1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
11	O
December	O
2001	O
a	O
major	O
law	O
enforcement	O
raid	O
-	O
known	O
as	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
-	O
forced	O
it	O
to	O
close	O
under	O
criminal	O
charges	O
of	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DoD	O
was	O
also	O
actively	O
involved	O
in	O
illicit	O
file-trading	O
with	O
other	O
networks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1993	O
in	O
Moscow	O
by	O
a	O
Russian	O
with	O
the	O
handle	O
"	O
deviator	O
"	O
aka	O
"	O
Jimmy	O
Jamez	O
"	O
and	O
a	O
friend	O
who	O
went	O
by	O
the	O
code	O
name	O
"	O
CyberAngel.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
millennium	O
,	O
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
had	O
leaders	O
and	O
council	O
members	O
from	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Australia	O
and	O
Israel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
its	O
earliest	O
major	O
accomplishments	O
was	O
the	O
Internet	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
two	O
weeks	O
before	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
the	O
official	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
was	O
the	O
biggest	O
and	O
most	O
important	O
software	O
related	O
group	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
demo	O
scene	O
until	O
2001	O
's	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
the	O
group	O
was	O
busted	O
in	O
a	O
U.S.	O
Customs	O
operation	O
called	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
carried	O
out	O
undercover	O
operations	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
France	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
US	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
arrests	O
collecting	O
detailed	O
information	O
on	O
DOD	O
members	O
and	O
members	O
of	O
other	O
online	O
warez	B-Application
groups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
DrinkOrDie	B-Application
allegedly	O
had	O
two	O
leaders	O
,	O
one	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
another	O
in	O
Australia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
warez	B-Application
scene	I-Application
reacted	O
surprised	O
to	O
the	O
bust	O
because	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
leak	O
was	O
their	O
last	O
major	O
release	O
since	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Operation	B-Application
Buccaneer	I-Application
,	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
National	O
Hi-Tech	O
Crime	O
Unit	O
also	O
arrested	O
6	O
members	O
living	O
in	O
Britain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
US	O
prosecutors	O
allege	O
that	O
DrinkorDie	B-Application
released	O
more	O
than	O
275	O
application	O
and	O
utility	O
programs	O
from	O
November	O
2000	O
to	O
December	O
2001	O
,	O
worth	O
more	O
than	O
US$1	O
million	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
their	O
leech	B-Application
sites	I-Application
grew	O
to	O
1	O
terabyte	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
15,000	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
