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Friday, September 22, 2006

Software Pirate Gets 7 Years in Prison

BetaNews | Software Pirate Gets 7 Years in Prison: "A California man has been sentenced to seven years and three months in prison and ordered to pay $5.4 million in restitution as a result of a federal piracy case, software company Autodesk said Friday. In addition to Autodesk, 26-year-old Nathan Peterson also was copying and selling software from Adobe, Macromedia and Symantec, the company said in a statement."

2 Comments:

  • Man, I wouldn't trade seven years of my life for nothing, except maybe a billion dollars. But no crime is worth that — especially when you're only 26!

    By Blogger zridling, at 5:36 PM EST  

  • Easy money, or just lots of it, is hard for some people to pass up regardless of the chance they're taking.

    (people need to learn quit while you're ahead)

    By Blogger Veign, at 6:14 PM EST  

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