Friday, April 20, 2007

Man pleads guilty in P2P

<A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2115454,00.asp?kc=HOTTOPICS041907STR1">A fifth defendant pleaded guilty</A> in connection with a piracy ring that used BitTorrent technology to distribute copyrighted movies, software, games and music over a peer-to-peer network.

Sam Kuonen, 24, of Columbus, Ga., pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement in violation of the Family Entertainment Copyright Act, according to officials at the U.S. Department of Justice. The plea was entered in U.S. District Court in Kansas. Kuonen faces up to five years in prison, a fine of $250,000 and three years of supervised release when he is scheduled to be sentenced on July 16.

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