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Videogame Pirate Gets Long Jail Sentence

Posted by simoniker on from the plank-officially-walked dept.

Thanks to the San Jose Business Journal for its article discussing the sentencing of a notable videogame pirate to 50 months in prison after being found guilty on charges of "copyright infringement and... mail fraud." According to the piece: "[Sean Michael] Breen... admitted that he was a leader in the Internet-based piracy group known as Razor1911. Since the early 1990s, Razor1911 had sought to achieve a reputation in the underground Internet piracy community... as the leading distributor of cracked computer and console game software." A report at GameSpot has further details, noting Razor1911 "...acquired advance copies of [videogame] titles by posing as reviewers for fictitious game magazines and having them shipped to a derelict storefront address in Oakland."

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  1. How much you want to bet he's a Linux user? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
  2. Wow! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Holy shite!!!! Only fourteen years to bust the leader (and only the leader?) of ONE of the myraid cracking groups. And Razor is *still* releasing cracks. Looks like a fantastic use of taxpayers' money to me.

  3. Order of crimes.... by sheapshearer · · Score: -1, Troll

    In the US, the following crimes are ranked from most severe to least.

    1. Being a teenager and copying music illegally.

    (distant 2nd)
    2. Being part of un-organized crime and killing somebody

    3. Being part of organized crime and sell pirated software

    4. Being a president/politician/company and stealing money

    5. Being part of organized crime and killing someone.

    6. Being a lawyer that takes 50% of the settlement. Oh Wait, that is legal!

    It seems the more severe and more 'illegal' the offense is, the weaker the punishment is...

  4. Well done! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    "Since the early 1990s, Razor1911 had sought to achieve a reputation in the underground Internet piracy community... as the leading distributor of cracked computer and console game software."

    Mission accomplished.... dumbass.