News: Leader of net piracy gang jailed
Category:
Internet,
Copyright Infringers,
General News
Posted: June 25, 2007 07:22AM
Author:
jammin
BBC News - A Briton has been jailed for 51 months after pleading guilty to software piracy charges in the US. From his Australia home Hew Griffiths led the DrinkOrDie piracy group which specialised in cracking protection codes on software, music and movies. The US Department of Justice estimated that DrinkOrDie created and spread more than $50m (£25m) of pirated goods. DrinkOrDie was broken up in 2001 following a series of raids co-ordinated by the DoJ.
