WiFi Finder
Locate wireless services by a specific address, city, state, country, airport, or zip code.
Man Gets Prison Time for Selling Pirated Software
Sentenced to 27 months in prison for selling more than $700,000 worth of counterfeit computer software on eBay.
Grant Gross, IDG News Service
A man from Anderson, Indiana, has been sentenced to 27 months in prison for selling more than US$700,000 worth of counterfeit computer software on eBay.com, the U.S. Department of Justice announced.
Courtney Smith, 36, was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Sarah Barker, of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Smith acknowledged that he had purchased counterfeit copies of Rockwell Automation Inc. factory-management software through eBay, then duplicated it and resold it to other eBay users, the DOJ said. Between March 6 and May 26, 2004, Smith received $4,149.97 for selling the counterfeited software in 32 auctions, the DOJ said.
Smith used eBay to sell the software at "drastically reduced prices, thereby illegally profiting on the back of the copyright holder," Assistant Attorney General Alice Fisher of the DOJ's criminal division, said in a statement.
The case came out of a DOJ initiative to combat online auction piracy. U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation agents searched Smith's residence on Dec. 15, 2004, seizing several computers, CDs and devices used to create counterfeit software, the DOJ said. Smith told investigators he made his own Rockwell Automation Software labels to affix to the software, the DOJ said.
Smith has forfeited the computers and other equipment he used and will make restitution to Rockwell Automation in the amount of $5,200.45, the DOJ said. Barker also ordered Smith to pay a $2,000 fine.
With HP wireless printers, you could have printed this from any room in the house. Live wirelessly. Print wirelessly.
Windows Home Server
A Guide to Business IT
Related Software Articles
- Psystar Deserves a Chance to Compete Analysis: A little competition on its own turf might be good for Apple--and for customers.
- Microsoft Kills OneCare to Offer Freebie; So Long, Norton Bundling a security app with the operating system is good news for users and bad news for standalone security suites.
- Microsoft's New Xbox Experience Launches, Netflix Users Go Wild Today's the day your Xbox 360s get a total (and totally free) makeover, including fully integrated streaming Netflix video support.
- Can Two Security Suites Co-Exist? Bob Carne wants to use Trend Micro Internet Security as added spyware protection, along with Norton 360. They don't play well together.
- Review: Google Mobile App, Revisited Speak, and you shall find. Ask, and you shall receive. Let your voice ring out, and at least two times out of three, you will...
Best Prices on Antivirus Software
Norton AntiVirus 2009 (Full Product)Price: $16.50
Anti-Virus 7.0 (Electronic Software Distribution)Price: $29.95
VirusScan Plus 2008 - 3-User (Full Product)Price: $6.89
Internet Security Suite - 3-User (Full Product)Price: $10.50
NOD32 AntiVirus 3.0Price: $19.00
Norton AntiVirus 2009 for 3 usersPrice: $41.95
- PC World Webcast: Going Green Wondering how to make your business greener? These tips will help your business save money, and save the environment.
- A Windows Vista FAQ Corporate customers are deploying Windows Vista now, and Dell Services wants to help you understand the features of the new OS and how to plan your Windows Vista deployment.
PC World's Marketplace
PC World's Free Whitepapers
"Man Gets Prison Time for Selling Pirated Software" Comments