http://www.maximumpc.com/tags/sentence used for category lists, takes arguments en http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/software_pirate_gets_41_months_prison_looses_his_ferrari <!--paging_filter--><p>Timothy Kyle Dunaway, a Texas-based software pirate, who had earlier pleaded guilty to one count of criminal copyright violation, has been <a href="http://tech.yahoo.com/news/afp/20090217/tc_afp/usitsoftwarecounterfeitinternetmalaysiaaustria">handed a 41-month jail term by a US District Judge</a>. His clandestine network included 40 websites hosted on servers based in Austria and Malaysia.</p> <p>He is said to have sold pirated business software through these websites. His activities are estimated to have cost $1 million to software authors. </p> <p>Not only has he been ordered to pay $810,257 in damages, but the court has also sequestered two of his most cherished belongings, a Ferrari 348 TB and a Rolex watch. After being unnoticed for four prolific years, his business eventually came on the government’s radar screen in May 2008. </p> <div style="text-align: center"><img src="/files/u46168/SoftwarePirate.jpg" width="400" height="238" /></div> <p><em>Image Credit: Hbuhsd </em></p> http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/software_pirate_gets_41_months_prison_looses_his_ferrari#comments News business software court ferrari illegal software jail order piracy prison rolex sentence Software Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:28:37 -0600 Pulkit Chandna 5339 at http://www.maximumpc.com