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Software Pirate Being Jailed For 18 Months
Jeremy Muncy
Contributing Writer
2005-01-10
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Kishan Singh has been sentenced to 18 months is jail for illegally pirating and distributing software over the Internet via his pay-for-access website.
According to TheRegister.co.uk…
"Over six months, Singh, 33 of Lanham, Maryland, sold thousands of cracked copies of Adobe, Autodesk, Macromedia, and Microsoft programmes with an estimated (presumably retail) value of between $70,000 and $120,000."
In Northern Virginia, Singh pleaded guilty to a single count of copyright infringement. The judge also ordered that he forfeit all computer equipment used in the crime.
At no point in history did it every pay off to be a pirate.
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Jeremy Muncy is a staff writer for WebProNews.com
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