Loading ...Extradited copyright infringer sentenced to 51 months
DrinkOrDie’s Griffiths faced up to 10 years in prison and a $500K fine
The leader of one of the oldest and most widely recognized Internet software piracy groups was sentenced Friday to 51 months in prison on one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement, the Department of Justice announced.
Hew Raymond Griffiths, 44, was extradited to the U.S. from Australia in February, and in April, he pleaded guilty to two copyright-related charges in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria. Griffiths, a British national, was the long-time leader of the DrinkOrDie software piracy network and an elder in the underground Internet piracy community, known as the warez scene, the DoJ said.
He faced a sentence of up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine for the charges.
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