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A Hong Kong man becomes the first person to be found guilty of piracy for distributing movies using BitTorrent.

Chan Nai-ming was found guilty of copyright infringement for distributing three Hollywood blockbusters using BitTorrent, said a court official.

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Chan was released on bail of 5,000 Hong Kong dollars (US$641) pending a sentencing hearing scheduled for 7 November.

He had been charged in April for uploading three Hollywood blockbusters to the net - Daredevil, Red Planet and Miss Congeniality.

The Hong Kong government said the case was its first successful action against peer-to-peer file sharing. The maximum penalty is four years’ jail and a hefty fine.

The movie industry had started targetting BitTorrent networks last December by issuing lawsuits against server sites. This is the first known criminal prosecution.

[via The BBC]

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