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Texan Warez Seller Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

By DrewWilson

It may be one of the most annoying sights on Google's adsense, but now one of the operators behind the ads that promise discounted copies of software has been convicted of criminal software piracy. It may be one of the more rare occasions where US copyright laws is being used in such a way that file-sharers would overwhelmingly rejoice over, but according to the Associated Press, it has actually happened. The story details the Department of Justice detailing the activities of a Texan man named Dunaway who operated about 40 websites and sold warez to unsuspecting victims. He used advertising through major search engines to promote his sites and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars. His operation was in existence since about 2004 all the way up to last year.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 18, 2009 (boomark / email).