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DirecTV Pirate First Jury-Decided Convict Under Digital Copyright Act

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 24, 2003 - 10:57am.
Los Angeles -- A Florida man has been convicted of criminal violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) for selling unauthorized access cards that let viewers pirate satellite TV, in the first case regarding the controversial law to be decided by a federal jury. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Los Angeles said that 38-year-old Thomas Michael Whitehead was convicted of six felonies, including three DMCA violations, and faces up to 30 years in prison and fines of up to $2.75 million.
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