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ESA happy about prison sentences for game pirates
joystiq.com — The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), the industry's lobbying group, sent out a press release a little while ago applauding the prison sentences for two convicted game pirates. Kevin Fuchs of New York and Kifah Maswadi of Florida were sentenced to eight months and fifteen months in prison, respectively. The men also face multiple years of s
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- damack, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1ESA can go ***** themselves... there I said it!
- tykwondingo, on 08/29/2008, -0/+2The punishment does not fit the crime.
- chaosblade77, on 08/29/2008, -1/+1Really? The guy made nearly $400k selling illegal copies of games. I'm sure he'd get a similar sentence and a larger fine if he had done that with any other form of media.
Maybe if the guy just downloaded some games and played them it wouldn't be as big of a deal or call for a prison sentence. In this case, I think it fits.
- chaosblade77, on 08/29/2008, -1/+1Really? The guy made nearly $400k selling illegal copies of games. I'm sure he'd get a similar sentence and a larger fine if he had done that with any other form of media.
- Hexxd, on 08/29/2008, -0/+1Douches!
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