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Feds Convict Warez Dealer

Posted by timothy on from the sympathy-glands-are-quite-dry dept.

XaviorPenguin writes "News.com.com.com has a story that says the DoJ has '...landed its first conviction against an American defendant trapped via Operation Fastlink, a multinational law enforcement effort undertaken against online software piracy. The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa said that Jathan Desir, 26, of Iowa City, has pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a criminal enterprise that distributed pirated software, games, movies and music over the Internet.' Desir is the first conviction that Operation Fastlink has done. He will possibly serve up to 15 years in prison when his sentencing is in March 18, 2005. Previous Slashdot articles are included here(1), here(2), and most recently here(3)."

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  1. Warez "Dealer"?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why go with "warez" but eschew the customary "d00d"?

  2. Slashdot's in for business not for news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    this is exactly the same information as we had yesterday

    Can't let such a good opportunity to be wasted. After all, an article like this will bring in hundreds of outraged posts complaining about how infringing on other peoples' copyright should be OK and how the feds are oppressing us.

    Kudos to Taco for having a good business sense.

  3. Dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Only on /. do dupes include links to previous versions.

  4. Re:News.com.com.com? by El_Servas · · Score: 2, Funny

    He suffers of stuttering.

  5. advice by blackomegax · · Score: 4, Funny

    a little tip to the guy thats serving 15 years...you're close to canada, GO THERE.

  6. Iowa by Sheepdot · · Score: 3, Funny

    I live in Iowa. Warez is like a pastime here. If it's gone we might have to resort to spamming to make up for all the spare time.

  7. Re:The genie is out of the bottle... by sgant · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or the "this is your brain...this is your brain listening to an illegal download of Britney Spears...any questions?"

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  8. Re:Not sentenced yet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You haven't been to college yet, have you?

  9. Re:The genie is out of the bottle... by caouette · · Score: 2, Funny

    Are you a moron? The distribute it to "Stick it to the man"!

  10. Well I certainly feel allot safer on the streets.. by t_allardyce · · Score: 2, Funny

    The west is looking more like great justice nations such as Saudi Arabia and China, 15 years is just insane, thats most of this guys life ruined, I really hope he did some bad things to deserve this, he should have atleast attempted to beat one of the agents to death with a CD rack.

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