P2P Operators Plead Guilty

Posted by samzenpus on Thursday January 20, 2005 @01:00AM 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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Article Slashdotted ... by Anonymous Coward · 2005-01-20 01:03 · Score: 4, Funny

Anyone have a torrent ? ;)
Re:Demand, where where is the (legeal) supply? by gowen · 2005-01-20 01:09 · 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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