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Pandora's Cube case: Retailers plead guilty
>> Back in December 2004 we brought you the story that three 'Pandora's Cube' Washington, D.C.-area video game stores were raided and people were arrested for selling what they called "Super Xboxes", modified xbox consoles 'preloaded' with 15+ pirated video games on the HDD and sold for $500.
More news about the case is now available from the US Department of Justice:
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Four commercial retailers have pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit felony copyright infringement and conspiracy to violate the Digital Millenium Copyright Act, related to the illegal modification of Microsoft Xbox video game consoles, the Justice Department announced today.
“The commercial manufacture and sale of circumvention devices like the Super Xbox serves only one purpose: facilitation of large-scale piracy,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General John C. Richter of the Criminal Division. “Such piracy and the resulting illegal windfall for these few comes at the expense of the many Americans who labor to keep our nation at the forefront of technological advance.”
In pleading guilty, each of the defendants admitted to participating in the scheme to manufacture, market, and sell the Super Xbox as a means to defeat the Microsoft Xbox’s copyright protection system and to commit copyright infringement on a relatively large scale and to facilitate the commission its others. They further admitted to conspiring with each other and others to manufacture, market, and sell the Super Xbox as a copyright-protection circumvention device and to commit copyright infringement for the purpose of commercial advantage and private financial gain.
The maximum penalties are five years in prison, a fine of $250,000, and restitution to the victims. The four are scheduled to be sentenced on August 17, 2005. Hitesh Patel is scheduled to be sentenced on July 19, 2005. Biren Amin is scheduled to be sentenced on August 17, 2005. Hitesh Patel is scheduled to be sentenced on July 19, 2005. Mrugesh Amin is scheduled to be sentenced on August 9, 2005. Herbie Walker is scheduled to be sentenced on August 4, 2005.
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Read the whole 'pressrelease' on usdoj.gov[US Department of Justice]
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