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

                   
prnewswire.com
Jul 24, 2008
        
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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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After pirate lands in prison, software group hints at eBay lawsuit

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US man sentenced to four years for piracy, ID theft

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After pirate lands in prison, software group hints at eBay lawsuit

betanews.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

After convicted software pirate Jeremiah Mondello pulled a 48-month federal prison stretch on Wednesday, an industry anti-piracy group announced six more lawsuits against individual piracy suspects -- also reportedly hinting...

                   

Software Group Contemplates Suing eBay

techweb.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

The SIIA is frustrated with eBay because so much pirated software is sold on the site, that the group can't identify all the offenders. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek A software industry trade group on Friday said it could...

                   

Software Group Contemplates Suing eBay

informationweek.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

The SIIA is frustrated with eBay because so much pirated software is sold on the site, that the group can't identify all the offenders. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek A software industry trade group on Friday said it could...

                   

Software makers may sue eBay

zdnet.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

Tired of being "stiff-armed" by eBay, the Software and Information Industry Association is signaling its ready to sue over pirated software sales on the dominant online auction site, PC World reports. SIIA has offered eBay...

                   

Lawsuit claims Boise man sold software illegally on eBay

idahobusiness.net
Jul 25, 2008
        

The Software & Information Industry Association announced a lawsuit against a Boise man it accuses of knowingly selling software illegally on eBay, according to a news release. The association filed suit in the U.S. District...

                   

Software Pirate Sentenced to Four Years

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Jul 25, 2008
        

The Software and Information Industry Association said this week that a key seller of fraudulent software on eBay, Jeremiah Mondello, had been sentenced to 48 months in federal prison. Mondello pled guilty in May to counts of...

                   

Software Association Gets Tough On Software Pirates, eBay

channelweb.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

The Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) is serving notice to software pirates looking to turn a quick dollar on the Internet. The SIIA is touting the sentencing of Jeremiah Mondello, 23, to 48 months of prison...

                   

Man Gets 4 Years for ID Theft, Software Piracy

washingtonpost.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

A 23-year-old Oregon man was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison for using computer viruses to steal financial data from dozens of consumers. Investigators say the man used the information to set up multiple...

                   

Software Group Weighs Piracy Lawsuit Against EBay

pcworld.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

A trade group representing hundreds of software vendors is considering a lawsuit against eBay for what it calls widespread sales of counterfeit software on the auction site. The Software and Information Industry Association...

                   

Software Group Weighs Piracy Lawsuit Against EBay (PC World)

yahoo.com
Jul 25, 2008
        

Grant Gross, IDG News Service 18 minutes ago A trade group representing hundreds of software vendors is considering a lawsuit against eBay for what it calls widespread sales of counterfeit software on the auction site. The...

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