[free-sklyarov] Newsbytes Story: Man Indicted For Auctioning Pirated Software On Ebay

[Ruben Safir]

That would be a case of copyright infringment.

Why is this interesting to the list?


Ruben

On 2001.12.18 02:58:15 -0500 vkatalov at elcomsoft.com wrote:
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>> Man Indicted For Auctioning Pirated Software On Ebay
>> 
>> By Staff, Newsbytes.
>> LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA., U.S.A.,
>> 29 Nov 2001, 12:40 PM CST
>> 
>> ****Man Indicted For Auctioning Pirated Software On Ebay 11/29/01
>> LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA., U.S.A., 2001 NOV 29 (NB) - By Staff,
>> Newsbytes. A Los Angeles man was indicted Tuesday for
>> allegedly using Ebay to auction pirated copies of several different
>> Adobe Systems software programs.
>> 
>> A federal grand jury indicted Eric Niemi, 35, for allegedly selling
>> copies
>> of Adobe Photoshop 5.0, Adobe Pagemaker 6.5, and Adobe Premiere 5.1
>> to Ebay users under a number of online aliases.
>> 
>> According to the indictment, the software packages Niemi offered
>> were in fact unauthorized reproductions of the popular authoring
>> programs the defendant had copied using a CD burner.
>> 
>> Postal inspectors allege Niemi received payment for the goods
>> using numerous post office boxes in the Los Angeles area, registered
>> under the aliases of Scott Falco and Erik Knight.
>> 
>> The indictment stemmed from a one-year investigation by the
>> U.S. Postal Service and the Computer Hacking and Intellectual
>> Property Unit of the United States Attorney's Office. Investigators
>> were prompted by complaints lodged with the Software Information
>> and Industry Association and the FBI’s Internet Fraud Complaint
>> Center.
>> 
>> If convicted, Niemi faces up to five years in jail and a $250,000
>> fine for each violation. Under federal sentencing guidelines, however,
>> the actual terms of the settlement would be left to the discretion
>> of the court. His arraignment is scheduled for later today.
>> 
>> Niemi’s attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.
>> 
>> Reported by Newsbytes.com, http://www.newsbytes.com
>> 
>> 12:40  CST
>> 
>> (20011129
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>> 
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