A Florida man who made millions of dollars selling illegal copies of computer programs was sentenced last week to six years in prison in one of the nation's largest software piracy cases. Danny Ferrer, who pleaded guilty in June, will be required to enter the federal prison system by Oct. 1. At the sentencing, U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis III said, "If severe penalties were not attached, people would line up from here to Los Angeles to do what you've done."
August 28, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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A Florida man who made millions of dollars selling illegal copies of computer programs was sentenced Friday to six years in prison in one of the nation’s largest software piracy cases.
Danny Ferrer, of Lakeland, Fla., pleaded guilty in June to conspiracy and copyright infringement charges after an FBI investigation of his Web site, BuysUSA.com. Ferrer also was ordered to pay more than $4.1 million in restitution to software makers Adobe Systems Inc., Autodesk and Macromedia Inc.
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