Software Pirate Convicted

Cadalyst:

At the end of last week, CAD software developer Autodesk announced that Nathan Peterson, owner and operator of iBackups, was sentenced on September 8 to seven years and three months in federal prison, and required to pay $5.4 million in restitution for selling pirated software. Peterson plead guilty to two counts of criminal copyright infringement for illegally copying and selling software developed legitimately by Autodesk, Adobe, Macromedia and Symantec that was worth approximately $7-20 million. Peterson must also forfeit any assets related to the infringement offenses, as well as any assets traceable to proceeds from the offenses. The sentencing occurred in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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