eBay Software Seller Sentenced to 27 Months
An Indiana man was sentenced March 28 to 27 months in federal prison for his eBay sales of counterfeit copies of expensive industrial process software made by Wisconsin-based Rockwell Automation Inc. After pleading guilty to one count of trafficking in copyright-infringing software, the man, Courtney Smith, was also was fined $2,000, ordered to pay $5,200 in restitution and sentenced to two years of supervised release after his sentence ends, reports the Associated Press at law.com. Smith sold the software in 2004 for around $4,000. An equivalent amount of genuine Rockwell software would have been worth $700,000 according to the report. Smith's attorney is quoted as saying that his client, was the "least egregious" of several people who will be either going to trial or sentenced soon in similar cases.
The case was prosecuted by federal prosecutors in Indianapolis in cooperation with the Justice Department's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
The case was prosecuted by federal prosecutors in Indianapolis in cooperation with the Justice Department's Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.