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 Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 3:43 am Post subject: HK man jailed in world's first copyright violation case |
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| Quote: | The Associated Press
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2005
HONG KONG A Hong Kong man on Monday was sentenced to three months in prison in what local officials said was the world's first successful prosecution of copyright violation using the popular file-sharing software BitTorrent.
Chan Nai-ming, 38, was convicted of illegally uploading three Hollywood films, ''Daredevil,'' ''Red Planet'' and ''Miss Congeniality,'' onto a Web site so that others could obtain them, said Judiciary spokesman Mackenzie Mak.
Chan is the first person in the world to be convicted and jailed for illegal online sharing of copyrighted material using the BitTorrent software, said customs spokeswoman Glenis Liong.
The software allows computer users share large chunks of data in a speedy way. But movie and music industries say the illegal online sharing of files causes them losses of millions of dollars a year.
Chan was found guilty last month of three counts of attempting to distribute copyrighted material without authorization.
The magistrate who convicted him said his act greatly hurt the interest of the copyrighted material's owner although he did not make any profit from uploading the movies onto the Internet.
Because of its speed, BitTorrent steadily gained in popularity after the recording industry began cracking down on users of Kazaa, Morpheus, Grokster and other established file-sharing software. |
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