P2P, Jailed!

I don't know if you got bored with all this P2P talks we've had lately, but I think you should pay attention. Why? Well, you could be next! For now, it's not that bad for the end user, especially if he doesn't try to destroy the evidence, and the quantity of shared copyrighted information is not impressive, but what can you do if you're the admin of a large torrent tracker, and you got caught? Well, last guy who found the answer to this question will spend a year and a half in the shadows...

Once upon a time, there was a site called Elite Torrents. To be honest, I had no idea about it, until they started falling down like flies. First, Grant Stanley, now 28 years old, was convicted to five months in jail, five months of house arrest, and three years of probation. Oh, and you can add a $200 assessment to that! Anyway, that was happening 2 years ago, and now, the time has come for another former Elite Torrents admin, namely Daniel Dove.

P2P, jailed, that's the story, and I am really sad to say it, especially since these guys shouldn't be thrown in jail. They made the mistake of being caught, all right, make them work for the government, but don't send them in prison! Anyway, this is only my opinion, because the judge handling the case decided to sentence Dove to 18 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release (probation), all nicely decorated with a $20,000 fine...

To clear some things out, let me tell you that Elite Torrents had over 100,000 members at its height, sharing about 700 movies, collectively downloaded over a million times, at least according to prosecutors.

The funny part is that, if Dove could share his punishment with all those who took advantage of his work, each of the Elite Torrents users would have to serve a bit over 6 minutes in jail, 13 minutes of probation, and pay a $0.16 fine. Now, that would be much better, don't you think? Unfortunately, reality is completely different...