Man Gets 6 Years for Software Piracy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday August 25, 2006 @05:33AM from the pirate-gets-his-due dept.

smooth wombat writes "In what prosecutors are calling 'the ultimate case', a Florida man has been sentenced to six years in prison for selling illegal copies of computer programs. From the article: 'Danny Ferrer, of Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy and copyright infringement charges after an FBI investigation of his Web site, BuysUSA.com. Ferrer also was ordered to pay more than $4.1 million in restitution to software makers Adobe Systems Inc., Autodesk, and Macromedia Inc.' The judge ordered that items he bought with the money, including airplanes, a Lamborghini and other cars, be sold off to pay for the restitution."

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Re:Wow... by legoburner · 2006-08-25 05:39 · Score: 4, Informative

Ferrer bought numerous airplanes, a fighter-jet simulator, a Lamborghini, a Hummer and other luxury vehicles with his profits.

Judging by the amount he got from this, he was not exactly small fry. Who knows what lengths he went to protecting an illicit business of that size. Certainly a sizeable chunk of change was diverted from normal streams and a fine and a slap on the wrist for him would probably not be too much discouragement for other people in similar situations who are watching his case.

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