Georgia man pleads guilty in peer-to-peer crackdown
April 16, 2007 (IDG News Service) -- A man from Columbus, Ga., has pleaded guilty to two felonies related to distribution of copyrighted materials over a peer-to-peer network, the Department of Justice announced Monday.
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Kuonen was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the DOJ said. He faces sentencing July 16 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
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Kuonen was charged with conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement and criminal copyright infringement. He faces up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the DOJ said. He faces sentencing July 16 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
According to wikipedia two individuals have received "five months of prison, five months of home arrest, and a $3,000 fine"