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Software pirate goes to jail for seven years
Does not pass go, does not collect $200. iBackups.net owner Nathan Peterson received an 87 month sentence for software piracy, which is a record for sentences to date. For those of you who don't feel like doing the math, that's seven years and three months. Nathan also has to repay $5.4 million in restitution in $200 monthly payments after he gets out of prison. iBackups.net damages were reportedly $20 million instead of the usual for most cases, which sits at $9 million. Peterson used Google's AdSense to find customers for his pirated software. The FBI seized homes, half a dozen cars, and even a boat from Peterson, which he had obtained using money from what the court called a federal offense. So, I guess the lesson here is the next time you are about to pirate software, don't.
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
