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P2P Operators Plead Guilty

Posted by samzenpus on from the be-more-careful dept.

Bootsy Collins writes "In the first such criminal convictions in the U.S., two peer-to-peer hub operators have pled guilty to conspiracy to commit felony copyright infringement. The two men were subjects of raids last August after Department of Justice investigators downloaded content valued at US$25,000 retail from their servers, the Movie Room and Acheron's Alley. They face sentences of up to five years in prison, and up to US$250,000 in fines, in addition to the possibility of being forced to pay restitution to copyright holders.

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  1. Article Slashdotted ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Anyone have a torrent ? ;)

  2. Re:Demand, where where is the (legeal) supply? by gowen · · Score: 3, Funny
    If there is so much demand for being able to download movies/tv episodes, then why the hell don't the distribution companies take advantage of it and let poeple downlaod things legally at a fair price?
    Quick economics lesson : Demand is a function of price. There is a lot of demand, because the illegal copies are FREE.
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  3. Re:$25,000? by mtenhagen · · Score: 1, Funny

    You're supposed to post before reading the article ;-)

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  4. Re:Good. by Gallowsgod · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you steal stuff, or substantially contribute to it, you pay the price.

    Unless you are a government. When I grow up I'm gonna be a government.

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  5. Re:But they did perform the act by CProgrammer98 · · Score: 1, Funny

    euuuuuuuuuwwww

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  6. Fuck America ! by Bombah · · Score: 0, Funny

    I say, fuck them! All good americans can come to Europe. The rest (99%) stays there and annoy each other.

  7. *raises hand* by Cyno · · Score: 2, Funny

    Under what system of morality is copyright infringement worse than drugging somebody and raping them?

    Uh, that would be capitalism.

    Now if they had lots of money, wore suits and drove around in limos the DoJ wouldn't even have arrested them. They would have probably just got a C&D letter in the mail or a call from their lawyer. Maybe next time they'll think ahead and sell their stolen movies for the millions it takes to avoid legal problems. Cuz we all know millionaires never break the law.

  8. Re:Max 5 Years?! by lampajoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    if someone date raped a CORPORATION then they would get 5 years.