Software pirate caught after courier delivery...


What do you think, if the police is raiding your house, and at the same moment a courier is at your door for delivering a package of illegal cd's....

At the time Christopher Bottley was entertaining staff from Kent Trading Standards - they were raiding his house in Tonbridge for counterfeit goods.

While they TS officers unearthed pirated copies of Windows 98, a courier attempted to deliver a package. On closer examination this turned out to be a batch of counterfeit copies of Windows NT Server.

Bottley, who is also charged with supplying pirated copies of Windows 98 to a Bristol-based trader, pleaded guilty to two charges under the Trade Descriptions Act 1968 at Maidstone Crown Court last week.

And now he faces two years in jail... Read the complete article at The Register.

Source: theregister

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