Man Gets 6 Years for Software Piracy

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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Piracy Confuses Tom

[tomstdenis]

GCC is free software right?

So are the hundreds of other tools?

Skippy.

Tom

Danny Ferrer (R-FL)

[Doc Ruby]

If you call (863)534-5888, or email them, the Polk County (Lakeland, FL) Supervisor of Elections clerk will tell you that Danny Ferrer, of XXXX Moore Rd in Lakeland, has been a registered Republican since 1994, right before the Republicans took over Congress. I wonder if Danny works with Hank Asher the other Republican Florida software bigshot?

BTW, please don't call and/or hassle the clerk. She's very nice, the info is public, but why slashdot her right before she takes the weekend off?

Re:Good

[Breakfast Pants]

And people offering pirated material over p2p programs aren't publishing it at a price (free) that undercuts people who invested their own time and money to bring something to market? Why should copyright law be focused on just making sure no money is made by anyone other than the holder? Can't you see what happens to that rule of thumb when bandwidth is nearly free?