It seems that every few months the FBI manages to come up with yet more people to charge in connection with Operation D-Elite, the joint ICE and FBI raids against the US-based BitTorrent tracker EliteTorrents, which occurred in 2005. Everyone charged so far has been accused of being involved in the uploading of Star Wars Episode III which, at the time, was a pre-release movie, carrying criminal implications for the uploaders under the Family Entertainment Copyright Act.
25 year old Duc Do, of Orlando, Florida is the seventh defendant associated with the uploading of the movie. He pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for his two-count felony: conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. He now faces the prospect of 10 years in prison coupled with a $500,000 fine and will be sentenced on February 27th, 2008.
News source: TorrentFreak
25 year old Duc Do, of Orlando, Florida is the seventh defendant associated with the uploading of the movie. He pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Legrome D. Davis of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for his two-count felony: conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. He now faces the prospect of 10 years in prison coupled with a $500,000 fine and will be sentenced on February 27th, 2008.
News source: TorrentFreak
and serial killer = less than 5
id pick serial killer
maybe not
Claim too much benefit illegally, or refuse to pay your taxes, and you never see daylight again.
Kill someone, rape someone, be a general threat to the public, anywhere between a few months and 5 years.
Software/movie/music pirate? You'll never be seeing daylight again.
Anyone else see the pattern? Screw the government, or any of the big companies that they are too closely affiliated with, and you'll get nailed. We can literally go kill each other for all they care though.
Claim too much benefit illegally, or refuse to pay your taxes, and you never see daylight again.
Kill someone, rape someone, be a general threat to the public, anywhere between a few months and 5 years.
Software/movie/music pirate? You'll never be seeing daylight again.
Anyone else see the pattern? Screw the government, or any of the big companies that they are too closely affiliated with, and you'll get nailed. We can literally go kill each other for all they care though.
the sad sad state of the world
Claim too much benefit illegally, or refuse to pay your taxes, and you never see daylight again.
Kill someone, rape someone, be a general threat to the public, anywhere between a few months and 5 years.
Software/movie/music pirate? You'll never be seeing daylight again.
Anyone else see the pattern? Screw the government, or any of the big companies that they are too closely affiliated with, and you'll get nailed. We can literally go kill each other for all they care though.
Here in Pennsylvania you rape someone its a life sentance
The system isn't perfect but none of them are. Quit being a drama queen
The system isn't perfect but none of them are. Quit being a drama queen
True.
But the "system isn't perfect" is NOT an excuse.
Can we say "internet/copyright isn't perfect" so let's free the guy?
My friend got blackout drunk at a bar and got into a bar fighter. He hit the guy in the jaw and the guy fell back and hit his head on a stool. The guy fell into a coma and died a few weeks later. My friend got charged with involuntary manslaughter + mitigating circumstances. Got something like 5 years in jail.
If you are going to spout something on the internet, at least TRY to make it accurate.
Wake up to what's happening around you.
Your own personal opinion doesn't give you the right to override the law which clearly states what the punishment is for this offense. If you don't like it, I have a great common sense tip for you: don't do the crime.
The punishments for those and all other crimes have absolutely nothing to do with this case or this story so let's focus a little.
Every single legit video or audio disc I have ever seen comes with a warning that clearly states the maximum jail term and/or fine that you could face if you choose to illegally copy or distribute the work. As far as I know it has always been 1/4 million and/or up to 5 years in prison per offense.
So why now when people are caught and these fines and jail terms come up, are people so surprised??? You can't say you didn't know it was illegal, you can't say you didn't know what the punishment could be... So, don't do the crime if you can't do the time.
And don't be surprised when the FBI enforces what they say they will enforce. It's really not that shocking.
Glad to see the defendants not wasting everyone's time and entering a guilty plea.
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