Return-Path: Received: from m1plsmtpa01-05.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.10] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP id 4757807 for ae-list@media-motion.tv; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:38:43 +0200 Received: from [11.0.0.138] ([173.170.92.2]) by m1plsmtpa01-05.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net with id T8hn1j009033TdH018hoqy; Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:41:49 -0700 Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:42:18 -0400 From: Greg Balint To: After Effects Mail List Message-ID: <87206F6DD0924208A0BDA789BB717831@delrazor.com> In-Reply-To: References: Subject: Re: [AE] OT: Man gets 2yrs in prison for selling pirated copies of Photoshop X-Mailer: sparrow 1.2 (build 479.2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="4fea1eaa_515f007c_4be" --4fea1eaa_515f007c_4be Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline It's crazy how blatant people can be about things like this. =20 Imagine if he were not even selling, but just sharing some mp3 song files= . Would have been about 30 years in prison and =241,000,000 in fines. Maj= or differences between the BSA and the RIAA. =20 Still, people that do this and think they are above the law just make me = chuckle. =20 /////Greg Balint ///Art Director / Motion Designer /321/514/4839 delRAZOR.com/ On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Jim =46eeley wrote: > This press release came out about 30 minutes ago > =20 > Jim =46eeley > jfeeley=40gmail.com (mailto:jfeeley=40gmail.com) > =20 > =20 > Begin forwarded message: > =20 > > LAS VEGAS RESIDENT SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON =46OR CRIMINAL CO= PYRIGHT IN=46RINGEMENT > > =20 > > Sold Counterfeit Copies of Adobe Software on PriceGrabber.com (http:/= /PriceGrabber.com) > > =20 > > SAN JOSE, Calif. =E2=80=93 Roosevelt Anderson Jr. was sen= tenced yesterday to two years in prison and ordered to pay Adobe Systems = Incorporated =24247,144 in restitution for criminal copyright infringemen= t, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced. > > =20 > > Anderson was convicted on =46eb. 10, 2012, by a jury afte= r a three day trial. During the trial, evidence showed that Anderson man= ufactured exact digital copies of Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 and Ad= obe Photoshop Creative Suite Extended, and advertised them for sale on th= e Internet website =E2=80=9CPriceGrabber.com.=E2=80=9D He also maintaine= d a website, =E2=80=9CAnderson9000.com,=E2=80=9D where he advertised and = sold unauthorized copies of Adobe software. The evidence showed that And= erson distributed the counterfeit software to purchasers through the Unit= ed States Postal Service. The evidence also demonstrated that from appro= ximately =46eb. 6, 2008, through =46eb. 5, 2009, Anderson sold more than = 300 copies of Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 and Adobe Creative Suite E= xtended, and made more than =2470,000. > > =20 > > Anderson, 53, was charged on Jan. 31, 2012, in a supersed= ing information with one count of criminal copyright infringement, in vio= lation of 17 U.S.C. =C2=A7 506(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. =C2=A7 2319(b)(1). > > =20 > > The sentence was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge= Edward J. Davila following a jury trial. Judge Davila also sentenced the= defendant to a three-year period of supervised release. The defendant i= s scheduled to begin serving the sentence on Aug. 30, 2012. > > =20 > > Susan Knight and Michelle J. Kane are the Assistant Unite= d States Attorneys who prosecuted the case with the assistance of legal t= ech Elise Etter and paralegal Lakisha Holliman. The prosecution is the r= esult of a two-year investigation by the United States Postal Inspection = Service. > > =20 > > =46urther Information: > > =20 > > Case =23: CR 09-01015 EJD > > =20 > > A copy of this press release may be found on the U.S. Att= orney's Office's website at www.usdoj.gov/usao/can (http://www.usdoj.gov/= usao/can). =20 > > =20 > > Electronic court filings and further procedural and docke= t information are available at https://ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/logi= n.pl. > > =20 --4fea1eaa_515f007c_4be Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline
It's crazy how blatant people can be about things like this. = ;

Imagine if he were not even selling, but just sharing some mp3 son= g files. Would have been about 30 years in prison and =241,000,000 in fin= es. Major differences between the BSA and the RIAA. 

Still, people= that do this and think they are above the law just make me chuckle. = ;

/////= Greg Balint
///Art Director / Motion Designer
/321/514/4839
delR= AZOR.com/

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On Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 2:48 = PM, Jim =46eeley wrote:

This press release came out about 30 minutes ago
Jim =46eeley

Begin forwarded message:

LAS VEGAS RESIDENT SENTENCED TO TWO= YEARS IN PRISON =46OR CRIMINAL COPYRIGHT IN=46RINGEMENT
 
Sold Counterfeit Copies of Adobe Software on PriceGrabber.com
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     =        SAN JOSE, Calif. =E2=80=93 Roosevelt= Anderson Jr. was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison and ordered = to pay Adobe Systems Incorporated =24247,144 in restitution for criminal = copyright infringement, United States Attorney Melinda Haag announced.
 
 &nbs= p;          Anderson was con= victed on =46eb. 10, 2012, by a jury after a three day trial.  Durin= g the trial, evidence showed that Anderson manufactured exact digital cop= ies of Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 and Adobe Photoshop Creative Suit= e Extended, and advertised them for sale on the Internet website =E2=80=9C= PriceGrabber.com.=E2=80=9D  He also maintained a website, =E2=80=9CA= nderson9000.com,=E2=80=9D where he advertised and sold unauthorized copie= s of Adobe software.  The evidence showed that Anderson distributed = the counterfeit software to purchasers through the United States Postal S= ervice.  The evidence also demonstrated that from approximately =46e= b. 6, 2008, through =46eb. 5, 2009, Anderson sold more than 300 copies of= Adobe Photoshop Creative Suite 3 and Adobe Creative Suite Extended, and = made more than =2470,000.
 
        &nb= sp;   Anderson, 53, was charged on Jan. 31, 2012, in a supersed= ing information with one count of criminal copyright infringement, in vio= lation of 17 U.S.C. =C2=A7 506(a)(1)(A) and 18 U.S.C. =C2=A7 2319(b)(1).<= o:p>
 
 = ;           The sentenc= e was handed down by U.S. District Court Judge Edward J. Davila following= a jury trial. Judge Davila also sentenced the defendant to a three-year = period of supervised release.  The defendant is scheduled to begin s= erving the sentence on Aug. 30, 2012.
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      &nbs= p;     Susan Knight and Michelle J. Kane are the Assi= stant United States Attorneys who prosecuted the case with the assistance= of legal tech Elise Etter and paralegal Lakisha Holliman.  The pros= ecution is the result of a two-year investigation by the United States Po= stal Inspection Service.
=46urther Information:
 
  &nbs= p;         Case =23: CR 09-01015 = EJD
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  &nbs= p;         A copy of this press r= elease may be found on the U.S. Attorney's Office's website at = ;ww= w.usdoj.gov/usao/can. 
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      &nbs= p;     Electronic court filings and further procedura= l and docket information are available at https:= //ecf.cand.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/login.pl.
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