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Man Gets 6 Years for Software Piracy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on 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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  1. archve.org link by yahyamf · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Archve.org link before the site was taken over by the FBI

  2. Re:Wow... by jahudabudy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    j-turkey: Imagine getting into a bar fight and by way of a freak accident, you kill a man with a single punch. Do you think that you deserve to get locked up for life? What about for a consentual sex act and your partner changes their mind about it after the fact and presses charges?

    neonprimetime: What if, what if, what if. Don't put yourself in those positions and you wouldn't have to worry about it.

    Let's see, your advice is to NOT get into the position where you are drinking at bars and having sex with women. j-turkey is worried about "accidentally" killing a man with a single punch when shit goes down. Yeah, I think I'm gonna go hang out with j-turkey.

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