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Selling pirated songs online nets jail term

A New York man was sentenced to six months in jail after being convicted of using the Internet to sell... Read more

10 October, 2003 by Matt Hines

Jail sentences for warez gang

...that sold illegal software have been fined, and sentenced to up to six months in jail Read more

18 February, 2002 by Christophe Guillemin and Karen Said

Government to ban 'hate emails'

Sending a threatening email or text message could land you with six months in jail Read more

22 February, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Police shame 999 time wasters on YouTube

...hopes it will help track down hoax callers, who face up to six months in jail and a £5,000 in court. One caller tells... Read more

29 July, 2008 by Nick Heath

Think vulnerabilities only happen in IE? Think again

It's not only Internet Explorer's faults that make your machine vulnerable. We look at all the important flaws that have surfaced in the past week Read more

12 April, 2005 by John McCormick

Record execs risk arrest for MP3 hacks

...s legal code contains a provision allowing a sentence of up to six months in jail if a person breaks into a computer system without... Read more

7 August, 2002 by Lisa M Bowman

Tom Siebel: Paid to be paranoid

...every impression this runs will be a 250,000 euro fine and six months in jail for the manager of Siebel in Germany. Now I... Read more

22 May, 2002 by Alorie Gilbert

Microsoft case's big loser: The judge

The court's statements on the Microsoft case were an unusually harsh rebuke of sitting federal judge Judge Jackson Read more

29 June, 2001 by Evan Hansen and Mike Yamamoto

Trial date set for Kournikova suspect

...Sneek in the northern province of Friesland will face a maximum of six months in jail. Twenty-year-old de Witt, who is a self... Read more

21 June, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

A Year Ago: Global Hell hacker to plead guilty

...20, a co-founder of gH known as mindsphar, was sentenced to six months in jail for defacing the US Army's Web site. It... Read more

30 March, 2001 by ZDNet

Global Hell hacker to plead guilty, Part I

...20, a co-founder of gH known as mindsphar, was sentenced to six months in jail for defacing the US Army's Web site. It... Read more

30 March, 2000 by ZDNet

French army takes aim at Apple's AirPort

...communications -- and thus risk a 29,000-euro (£18,600) fine and six months in jail. A clearly irked Rear Admiral Jacques Bizard, head of... Read more

29 September, 1999 by Laurence Benhamou

COPA backers slam ruling, urge appeal

...trial on a permanent injunction is held. Violators would face up to six months in jail and up to $50,000 (£30,000) in fines... Read more

3 February, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

Judge upholds COPA injunction

A federal judge ruled late Monday in favour of continuing a ban on enforcing an online content censorship law derided by critics as the "Communications Decency Act II." Read more

2 February, 1999 by Maria Seminerio

US Report: Commerce subcommittee passes 'CDA II'

...face fines of up to $50,000 (£30,500) and up to six months in jail. The move is being decried by civil libertarians and... Read more

18 September, 1998 by Maria Seminerio

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