Pirate? CDs
12-16-2005, 08:46 AM
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Pirate? CDs
For those finding those "Real Steal Deals" on the internet on Service Manuals and such.
From the Washington Post .com website (was in Thursday's Business section)
edited for brevity.
From the Washington Post .com website (was in Thursday's Business section)
edited for brevity.
Software Thief Admits To Crimes
$20 Million Lost, Prosecutors Say
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 14, 2005; Page D01
Nathan Peterson took on some of the world's largest computer software companies, and for a while, he won.
Selling their copyrighted products at a huge discount on his Web site, ......., and he spent much of his $5.4 million profit on homes, boats and cars, including a Lamborghini, a Mercedes and a restored 1949 Mercury Coupe purchased for his wife.
.........He added, "I started trying to make believe it was okay, but I came to understand it was wrong."
Probably "came to him" right about the same time that the FBI broke down his front door
Peterson faces as much as 10 years in prison when he is sentenced April 14. He agreed to pay $5.4 million in restitution to Symantec Corp., Computer Associates International Inc., Yahoo Inc. and more than 15 other companies.
Yesterday's plea "clearly demonstrates our resolve to prosecute thieves who sell other people's property on the Internet,'' said U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty, who added that Peterson's Web site was the largest for-profit software piracy site shut down by the government.
The site offered copyrighted computer software at prices substantially below retail prices. .........
FBI agents, who made 13 undercover purchases of software products from Peterson, caught up with him in February and shut down his site. Yesterday, it contained only federal law enforcement logos set against a stark red background.
"This site has been permanently shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice," a government announcement read.
$20 Million Lost, Prosecutors Say
By Jerry Markon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, December 14, 2005; Page D01
Nathan Peterson took on some of the world's largest computer software companies, and for a while, he won.
Selling their copyrighted products at a huge discount on his Web site, ......., and he spent much of his $5.4 million profit on homes, boats and cars, including a Lamborghini, a Mercedes and a restored 1949 Mercury Coupe purchased for his wife.
.........He added, "I started trying to make believe it was okay, but I came to understand it was wrong."
Probably "came to him" right about the same time that the FBI broke down his front doorPeterson faces as much as 10 years in prison when he is sentenced April 14. He agreed to pay $5.4 million in restitution to Symantec Corp., Computer Associates International Inc., Yahoo Inc. and more than 15 other companies.
Yesterday's plea "clearly demonstrates our resolve to prosecute thieves who sell other people's property on the Internet,'' said U.S. Attorney Paul J. McNulty, who added that Peterson's Web site was the largest for-profit software piracy site shut down by the government.
The site offered copyrighted computer software at prices substantially below retail prices. .........
FBI agents, who made 13 undercover purchases of software products from Peterson, caught up with him in February and shut down his site. Yesterday, it contained only federal law enforcement logos set against a stark red background.
"This site has been permanently shut down by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice," a government announcement read.
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