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A Woodbury, Connecticut, man has been sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 3 years probation for operating a Web site where users could download unauthorized copies of movies, music and software titles. David M. Fish, 26, was sentenced Monday on criminal copyright infringement and circumvention charges in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in San Jose. All equipment used in the operation was confiscated.
Fish pleaded guilty on Feb. 27, 2006, to five counts, including four counts in the Northern District of California case for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement; distribution of technology primarily designed to circumvent encryption technology protecting a right of a copyright owner and aiding and abetting; circumventing a technological measure that protects a copyright work and aiding and abetting; copyright infringement by electronic means and aiding and abetting. On the same day, Fish also pleaded guilty to one count of criminal infringement of a copyright on charges from the Southern District of Iowa.The California case is part of Operation Copycat, an investigation by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's Office targeting online warez groups. Operation Copycat has resulted in 40 convictions so far. The DOJ has been conducting Operation Copycat and related investigations for more than two years. Edited (Courtesy: PCWorld.com News)
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