Justice department busts piracy ring

Quakester2000

March 10, 2005

DamnedIfIknow used our news submit to tell us that Justice
department has busted a three members of global piracy ring. The three members
of the global computer piracy ring admitted to moving millions of dollars worth
of games movies and software around the world, via chat rooms and coded
websites. All three men pleaded guilty of copyright infringement charges.
TheUS justice
department said that convicting the men attributed to one of largest ever
investigations into software piracy.

The drive to release pirate software over the internet is a competition by various groups according to Seth Kleignboerg 26 who is currently located in Los Angeles . Seth cracked some of the industries toughest copyright protections and will now face between five and six years in prison when sentenced in July.

Three members of a global computer piracy ring admitted Thursday they shuttled millions of dollars in computer games, movies and software around the world through a coded system of Web sites and chat rooms.The men pleaded guilty in U.S. District court to federal copyright charges, becoming the first people convicted in what the U.S.Justice Department said was the largest-ever investigation into software piracy."It"s a competition of different groups racing to release pirated software over the Internet," said Seth Kleinberg, a 26-year-old Los Angeles man who, with a high-school education and a home computer, cracked the computer industry"s toughest copyright protections. Kleinberg, who lives with his dad, faces between five and six years in prison when he is sentenced in July.