Man Jailed in 1st Copyright Violation Case involving BitTorrent
An AP newswire article by Helen Luk, via Yahoo! News, reports that:
A Hong Kong man on Monday was sentenced to three months in prison in what local officials say is the world's first successful prosecution of copyright violation using the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent.
Chan Nai-ming, 38, who called himself "Big Crook" on the Internet, was earlier convicted of illegally uploading three Hollywood films, "Daredevil," "Red Planet" and "Miss Congeniality," onto a Web site so that others could obtain them.
Chan is the first person in the world to be convicted and jailed for illegal online sharing of copyrighted material using the BitTorrent software, said customs spokeswoman Glenis Liong.
posted by Fergie @ 11/07/2005 06:37:00 AM
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