{"id":366,"date":"2006-10-24T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2006-10-24T18:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/?p=366"},"modified":"2015-07-22T16:45:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-22T23:45:43","slug":"87-months-in-prison-for-software-piracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/blog\/87-months-in-prison-for-software-piracy\/","title":{"rendered":"87 Months in Prison for Software Piracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rosalindgardner.com\/images\/handcuffs.jpg\"  hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"left\"\/><strong>It always does my heart good to hear about instances in which the justice system works. Here's just such a case. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to a September 8th Department of Justice <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usdoj.gov\/opa\/pr\/2006\/September\/06_crm_601.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" onMouseOut=\"window.status=''; return true\" onMouseOver=\"window.status='';  return true\" target=\"new\">press release<\/a>, Nathan L. Peterson, 27, of Antelope Acres, Calif. , owner of a massive for-profit software piracy Web site was sentenced  in federal court to 87 months in prison and ordered to forfeit the proceeds of his illegal conduct and pay restitution of more than $5.4 million. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg of the Eastern District of Virginia  said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Stealing the intellectual property of others is always a bad idea in any context. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s theft. 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