Eli El (40) of Blue Island, Illinois, USA., was sentenced to 30 months in prison and three years of supervision for participating in an organized online software distribution conspiracy.
El pleaded guilty in May to one count of conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement for his participation in the distribution of approximately 20,000 copyright works over the Internet through the warez networks.
El gained privileged access to a number of warez file servers, where he was authorized to upload pirated software. In return for uploading pirated software files to these warez FTP sites, El obtained authorization to download other pirated software, games, and movies that had been uploaded to those sites by other members of the warez scene. In the case of one particular site known as "The Ether Net," El and his coconspirators distributed or caused the distribution of approximately 20,000 individual copyrighted works over the Internet.
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