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  • DrinkOrDie pirate sent to prison

    A former security software engineer convicted of providing technology to a piracy group known as DrinkOrDie has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison.

  • Aussie jailed for software piracy

    An Australian resident who headed the notorious DrinkOrDie software piracy gang has been jailed in the US

  • Software pirate jailed

    A London man convicted of selling counterfeit software online has received a 15-month prison term.

  • Bush signs law targeting P2P pirates

    File-swappers who distribute a single copy of a prerelease movie on the Internet can be imprisoned for up to three years, according to a bill that President Bush signed into law on Wednesday.

  • Jail for DrinkorDie software counterfeiters

    Three British men were given prison sentences totalling six years on Friday for their part in a software counterfeiting ring.

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