BitTorrent Site Admin Sent To Prison

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 26, 2006 @02:36PM from the hard-times dept.

Marc wrote in with a Torrentfreak story which opens: "The 23 year old Grant Stanley has been sentenced to five months in prison, followed by five months of home detention, and a $3000 fine for his role in the private BitTorrent tracker Elitetorrents. This ruling is the first BitTorrent related conviction in the US. Stanley pleaded guilty earlier this year to 'conspiracy to commit copyright infringement' and 'criminal copyright infringement.' He is one of the three defendants in the Elitetorrents operation better known as 'Operation D-Elite.'"

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A relevant quote . . . by mmell · 2006-10-27 02:16 · Score: 1, Flamebait

When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent;
after all I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent;
after all I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out;
after all I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.
Martin Niemöller