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BitTorrent User Guilty Of Piracy

Posted by CmdrTaco on Tuesday October 25, 2005 @03:33AM from the only-a-matter-of-time dept.

DIY News writes "A Hong Kong man has been convicted of movie internet piracy in what is believed to be the first case involving BitTorrent file-sharing software. The man was found guilty of copyright infringement for distributing three Hollywood blockbusters using BitTorrent."

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in related news by Artie_Effim · 2005-10-25 03:36 · Score: 5, Funny

the torrent of his trial is available at http://www.chin.../ oh wait, nevermind ;)
No crime for good taste... by LV-427 · 2005-10-25 03:37 · Score: 5, Funny

Daredevil, Red Planet and Miss Congeniality.
Piracy is the least of his problems...
Re:Well, duh... by FidelCatsro · 2005-10-25 03:45 · Score: 5, Funny

My initial thoughts were "Prison ? he only uploaded the thing , he didn't produce it"

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Re:Here we go again by Sockatume · 2005-10-25 03:53 · Score: 5, Funny

Don't forget the grammar pedants who waste everyone's time without contributing to the discussion. That's "cue", not "queue", BTW.

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Re:Of all places by nutrock69 · 2005-10-25 05:04 · Score: 5, Funny

That's hilarious.

The one city in the world where you can buy pirated DVD's on the street from the pirates themselves and they're cracking down on Bittorrent. I guess the p2p was infringing on their local economy... :)