Mobile/PDA About Us Advertise here


		User name	Password

		Not registered yet? Register here. Lost your password? Click here.

Browse by topic

News

Pirate sentenced to three years probation

27 September 2008 21:20 by Andre "DVDBack23" Yoskowitz | 6 comments

Steven Fiatarone, 55, of Florida, has been sentenced to three years probation today for his part in running a server used by a Warez scene group. Additionally, Fiatarone was fined $2000 USD.

According to the US DOJ, Fiatarone's server, nicknamed "The Nite Ranger Hideout" was located in a school in Virginia and Fiatarone uploaded over 23,000 files to the server in 2002 and 2003. Fiatarone faced up to 3 years if convicted by a jury but instead pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.

A few of the cracked programs Fiatarone was accused of uploading include Pro/Concept and ColdFusion MX version 6.0.1.

Fiatarone was the second of five men charged in the same indictment for their warez activities. Robert Hardick of New York was sentenced last month to three years probation and the other three cases are still pending.

Permalink to this article

Trading Standards and ELSPA bust UK game pirate (11 January 2009)

Warez Bust Database goes live (8 December 2008)

Illegal discs seized at Brazilian border (6 November 2008)

Argentina targets major pirate market (5 November 2008)

Warner tries to curb Korean piracy (5 October 2008)

Another warez group member gets jail time (21 September 2008)

Italian music file-sharing forum shut down (7 July 2008)

Online piracy group member gets convicted (25 May 2008)

'Mass Effect' to have terrible DRM (7 May 2008)

IFPI takes down music release group (20 March 2008)

Police arrest and charge "maVen" of piracy scene (6 December 2007)

« Previous news article
Wal-Mart shuts down DRM servers

Next news article »
'Three strikes' plan is struck down

Post your comment

Discuss this article!
1bonehead (Senior Member) 28 September 2008 0:47
He was lucky in the sentencing, it could have been worse. [ + quote]
duke8888 (Junior Member) 29 September 2008 14:02
I was surprise to ss that he got probation I was sure they would have given him at least a year. The only way he got the probation was because he turned info over toi the FBI to get others on the Warez scene. [ + quote]
duke8888 (Junior Member) 29 September 2008 14:02
I was surprise to see that he got probation I was sure they would have given him at least a year. The only way he got the probation was because he turned info over toi the FBI to get others on the Warez scene. [ + quote]
duke8888 (Junior Member) 29 September 2008 14:02
[ + quote]
sKrEwZ (Member) 29 September 2008 14:07
I'd venture to say he lucked out just a little bit. Sometimes a second chance is just the opportunity to kill something thats already injured. [ + quote]
1bonehead (Senior Member) 29 September 2008 14:13
*Originally posted by sKrEwZ:* I'd venture to say he lucked out just a little bit. You think so too ! The BPI Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI. The RIAA Soundexchange Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, EMI. The IFPI Are: The same anti consumer lot as listed above! The MPAA Are: SONY, UNIVERSAL, WARNER GROUP, DISNEY, PARAMOUNT, FOX. [ + quote]