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Old 03-08-2005, 01:46 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Student Convicted for Downloading Music & Movies

Please read, notice the amount of monies worth of movies this guy had on his PC! We're talking serious storage, I just wonder how much it all adds up to? Someone please do the math on this. How much are CD's usually, How long is the average movie? Anyone, anyone.

UA Student Convicted for Downloading Music & Movies
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Parvin Dhaliwal,18, a student at the University of Arizona (UA), is the first person in the country to be convicted of a crime under state law for downloading music and movies. Dhaliwal pleaded guilty to possession of counterfeit marks, or unauthorized copies of intellectual property, and was sentenced to a three-month deferred jail sentence, three years of probation, 200 hours of community service and a $5,400 fine. Dhaliwal must also take a copyright class at UA and stop using file-sharing applications. What makes this conviction notable is that copyright protection is normally a federal matter.

He was prosecuted under state laws by the Maricopa County Attorney's Office for prosecution, primarily because he was a minor at the time that he committed the crime. A Federal conviction would have resulted in a significant incarceration, and would have not allowed the judge such latitude in sentencing.

During the investigation the Federal Bureau of Investigation uncovered more than $50 million worth of music and movies on Dhaliwal's computer. Many of the movies were available only in theaters, at the time. The files weren't solely for personal use, Dhaliwal both duplicated and sold the pirated digital media.
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50 million, omg :s
He's gotta have some Terrabytes on his computer for that storage I guess.
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i want his hard drive, i would then format it and use it for all my stuff lol
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his hardrive must be very very big i want it he should put it up on ebay.
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its times like these that im glad i i don't live in the us
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50 million, omg :s
He's gotta have some Terrabytes on his computer for that storage I guess.
Maybe he had 2 expensive 500 GB Hard Drives.
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i think it would take more than a terabyte for all that lol
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?????

Or maybe he has a ridiculous number of CDRs' hidden in his bedroom,and not very well by the sounds of it. 'DOH'
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