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Man Gets 7 Years for Software Piracy

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sucks-to-be-him dept.

mytrip writes to mention a C|Net article about the largest sentence for software piracy ever handed down by a U.S. court. Nathan Peterson of Los Angeles has been levied with an enormous fine after selling millions of dollars worth of software between 2003 and 2005. "U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III on Friday ordered Peterson to pay restitution of more than $5.4 million. Peterson pleaded guilty in December in Alexandria, Va., to two counts of copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling more than $20 million in software. Justice Department and industry officials called the case one of the largest involving Internet software piracy ever prosecuted. "

3 of 296 comments (clear)

  1. Re:So? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    According to convoluted logic we often see here, what he did was perfectly proper. After all, he didn't "steal" software, he merely "infringed copyright", then he compounded that infringement by selling copies. What difference does it make whether his motive was to make money as opposed to private use of the software?

  2. That was my brother... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    He didn't deserve it.
     
    For more info, click this.

  3. He did deserve it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wrong link, moron.