eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison; SIIA Continues Fight with Six New Auction...

prnewswire.com     Jul 24, 2008            

eBay Software Pirate Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison; SIIA Continues Fight with Six New Auction Site Lawsuits Sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to Federal Prison Highlights High-Stakes Battle Over Sales of Pirated Software via Online Auction Sites WASHINGTON, July 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The increasingly high-stakes fight to stop the sale of pirated software on Internet auction sites reached a new milestone today with the sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello to 48 months in federal prison, three years supervised release following jail time, and 150 hours of community service per year. Further, Mondello's personal computers and 220K in cash were seized as part of the sentencing mandates. The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), which initiated the action against the notorious eBay pirate, also announced six new... [read full story]                    

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