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The guy is guilty for that, the problem is the way damages were calculated and that they guy ended in prison instead of paying the damages.

• emodendroket 9y ago
  To reuse the OP's example, I don't think someone running an enterprise devoted to selling counterfeit handbags would be subject only to civil liability.
  • simion314 9y ago
    From what I understand by reading and listening an interview with this guy, the issue is the damages were inflated so he can then be put in prison. IMO this case feels similar with cases where music/movie industry hyper-inflates the damages caused by someone that shared a file, because the companies have infinite budgets they can get away wit it.
    • emodendroket 9y ago
      That might be so, but it seems many here (and other places online) don't think he did anything wrong. The idea that this enterprise was purely an altruistic drive to reduce electronic waste sits poorly with e-mails showing him going out of his way to produce more convincing counterfeit labels.
      • simion314 9y ago
        I think the first article that appeared here did miss the detail about the labeling of the disks, I missed that detail first time too.
  • tripletao 9y ago
    Why is this getting downvoted? Under present American law, it's factually true. That doesn't make the valuation used for sentencing here correct, but counterfeit commercial goods in the USA really can be a criminal matter. http://www.wafb.com/story/35675651/man-arrested-for-reportedly-selling-counterfeit-louis-vuitton-purses http://www.wafb.com/story/35675651/man-arrested-for-reported...