Hong Kong man convicted sharing movies on BitTorrent
A Reuters newswire article, via The Houston Chronicle, reports that:
A Hong Kong court on Monday convicted a man of trying to illegally distribute movies by using BitTorrent software, in the first copyright infringement case involving the file-sharing technology.
Chan Nai-ming was charged in April for uploading to the Internet and trying to distribute three Hollywood blockbusters -- Daredevil, Red Planet and Miss Congeniality -- without licences. He pleaded not guilty.
However, a court clerk said that Chan had been found guilty on three counts of attempting to distribute copyrighted films without licences and the court would reconvene on Nov. 7 for sentencing.
posted by Fergie @ 10/24/2005 01:35:00 PM
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