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Bit Torrent Tracker Hosts Convicted and Sentenced
David Heath
Thursday, 15 September 2011 12:04
Hitesh was sentenced to 18 months jail (suspended) and 200 hours community service and Moneel to 15 months and 125 hours. Both received a three year good behaviour bond. The pair were also ordered to forfeit all proceeds ($52,750) from the sale of subscriptions to their site.
Hitesh and Moneel Rama were arrested in December 2008 and charged with a variety of copyright and money laundering offences. The pair pleaded guilty to all charges.
The AFP alleged the pair facilitated at much as 10,000 terabytes of data download via offshore Bit Torrent servers by the actions of over 400,000 members world wide.
Neil Gane, Executive Director of AFACT said: "BitTorrent is a legitimate software for sharing files but, like any tool, it can be misused. This case clearly demonstrates how damaging P2P movie theft can be - sucking income away from the legitimate production and distribution of movies, discouraging creativity and destroying Australian businesses and jobs."
This case make very clear the fact that copyright violation is unlawful. While this action was against the facilitators of the illegal download, there is nothing to suggest that further action may be taken against any of those 400,000 subscribers who were resident in Australia.
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